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Originally Posted by llamabeast
Windmills will affect wind in the same way as buildings. i.e. not importantly. Think about it, it's not like the wind knows that the thing stopping it is turning it into electricity rather than just wasting it (a building turns the energy of wind that hits it into heat).
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environ...Climate_change
"One study reports simulations that show detectable changes in global climate for very high wind farm usage, on the order of 10% of the world's land area[8]. In a similar way, there are concerns of micro-climate change, in particular for urban areas nearby, due to changed airflow and reduced wind power."
Sure it is only one study, and a very large amount of landmass. But there is still some effect. (this was a study from 2004, there was also a more recent one, but apparently this one has not reached wikipedia yet
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