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Why wind farms attract so much misinformation and conspiracy theory | If you think climate change is a hoax, you might believe wind turbines poison groundwater.
If you think climate change is a hoax, you might believe wind turbines poison groundwater.
Academic work on the question of anti-wind farm activism is revealing a pattern: Conspiracy thinking is a stronger predictor of opposition than age, gender, education, or political leaning. If you think climate change is a hoax or a beat-up by hysterical eco-doomers, you’re going to be easily persuaded that wind turbines are poisoning groundwater, causing blackouts, or, in Trump’s words, “ driving [the whales] loco.” This, say Winter and colleagues, “poses a challenge for communicators and institutions committed to accelerating the energy transition.” It’s harder to take on an entire worldview than to correct a few made-up talking points.
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