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2024-05-30 09:34:02 UTC - HELPFUL
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Taking account construction and full lifetime emissions, wind power has a carbon footprint 99% less than coal-fired power plants, 98% less than natural gas, and has emissions only slightly higher than nuclear power. https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2021/04/28/how-green-is-wind-power-really-a-new-report-tallies-up-the-carbon-cost-of-renewables/ https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/06/whats-the-carbon-footprint-of-a-wind-turbine/
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