Honeywell Wind Turbine

I want to know how it will perform in 65-75MPH winds. WHY? See Youtube video.. "AIR POWERED HYDROGEN CELL GENERATOR."

You're correct in that the sun is the driver of the wind. You're incorrect in that collecting it would have no noticeable effect. Compared to the trees, the mountains, and the very surface of the earth, windmills would have an immeasurably small effect.

It's like complaining that tidal energy robs the Earth of its spin.

Yes, the effect would be very small. That is not my point. My point is that in theory, as I said, if you remove too much wind from the system, you destroy the climate. The question therefore is how much is too much. And this is where environmentalists become inconsistent in their thinking. They have always warned about the slippery slope of man doing anything on a mass scale. Wind diversion, just like anything else, in theory, is a slippery slope.

You've got to be kidding me!

lol. Hey, we can go after butterflies in china, to cut down on hurricanes, too.

Wind is not generated by the sun (unless you're talking solar wind, but you're not). Wind is generated by high and low pressures, in a chaotic system we call weather, which has many factors (including the sun, which is only a small part).

Do you really think that altering surface wind has any measurable effect on climate?

These aren't skyscrapers. Please get real.

You are 100% incorrect. The uneven heating of the earth's surface by the sun is what causes wind. Where do you think pressure differentials come from? The energy of the sun drives all weather. Remove that energy from the system, and you have altered the system.

also plate tectonics create hot spots in the ocean which helps the drive currents, which then have effects on the weather too.

plate tectonics has no effect on wind. Ocean currents are driven by wind.

So by the same argument, using solar PV panels robs the earth of the sun's energy, thereby affecting the wind (since you claim it's all due to the sun), thereby affecting climate.

Thermodynamics works in china, so I claim butterflies in china alter the system, too. Those infernal insects flapping those giant wings are screwing everything up.

The scale of the issue you're arguing is on the scale of jumping up and down affecting the orbit of the earth. It's a non-issue.

You are correct. If you rob energy from a system, you affect that system. And yes, the sun is what creates wind. It is the uneven heating of the earth's surface. Basic high school stuff. So in theory, mass use of wind farms, on a big enough scale, would affect the climate. It's basic geophysics. What is ironic, is that environmentalist worry about the macro effect of everything micro, except when it comes to their own pre-approved forms of energy. Then they dismiss macro-micro analysis.