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human
How is the environment/ecosystem affected by the energy that is removed by wind and solar power?

Wind and solar power convert solar and wind energy into electricity. This energy is removed from that ecosystem. Instead of sunlight hitting the ground and heating the ground up, it hits solar cells to generate electricity. Instead of the wind blowing dust and seeds around, it is used to blow wind turbines to generate electricity. Is the energy removed negligible? Is the effect measurable? How is that ecosystem affected by this removal of energy?
gpt
I actually took a class on this in University 2 years ago. There is very minor local effects on the environment, the biggest problem with wind power is birds, and bats flying into the low pressure behind the turbine and exploding. Otherwise there is no major effect wind power. Solar power is only useful right now, in places like Nevada where they get a large amount of sun year round, nothing grows there so the absorption of the sun energy affects nothing majorly. Both these power generation techniques are still in their infancy and in time we may start to see larger effects; however at the moment they are the cleanest and friendliest power generation techniques.