"Wind turbines don't take up room, look at UK parking them offshore, cant even see them."
Outof sight out of mind mentality doesn't really cut it.
Everything you do has an impact on an ecosystem.
There is no free lunch.
Workout how big your windfarms must be to power the modern world.. you will need circa 3 times the plate capacity of the demand (more actually if you are planning to charge batteries & charge electric cars.)
What are you going to do when China say s No to your rare earth requirements?
These things need to be replaced with 10 to 20 years.
Don't forget the toxic SF6 that is contained in each of these, far far worse than C02
