That's not funny to me TF. I have spent too much time "debating" this very point with more than one "stakeholder" in my past life developing wind farm projects.
All these wind farms in the world are just gonna slow down the wind and throw the earth off balance doncha know...
Not to mention the impact they would have on insect populations and consequently on everything else because of the "interconnectedness of everything".
And then there was the time we had to call up a US expert on whales and ask him very kindly whether he would mind sending us an email confirming that a coastal wind farm is unlikely to disturb migrating whales out to sea through "vibrations through the ground". His first response was "WTF - is this a prank call?". We explained as delicately as we could that we were trying to develop a wind farm over here in Oz and an opponent was citing this as if it were a fact. He was kind enough to send an email once he picked himself up from the floor from laughing...
You always win in the end because the facts are on your side but it can be a tortuous process.
But yes it reminds me of this debate where demonstrated evidence and considered advice from the likes of CSIRO, BOM, NASA, NOAA, etc etc etc (every major scientific organisation in the world - ie everyone who knows what they're actually talking about) somehow gets equal rank with the ravings of lunatics whose statements have time and again been proven to be wrong.
It seems that the more you can prove yourself wrong and demonstrate you haven't got a clue what you're talking about, the more credible you become? Never mind those scientists who have proven their case time and again, well beyond reasonable doubt in peer reviewed scientific studies - what does that guy over their say who hasn't got any idea whatsoever?
Otherwise intelligent people still fall for this most obvious of traps - the very fact that someone knows far more than them about the subject at hand makes them immediately untrustworthy, but only if I don't like what they say. Only if I suspect them of some ulterior motive. If those same scientists develop cancer curing drugs through the same scientific method though, they'll happily take those, thank you very much... I find it all just sad rather than funny.
And if some silly women wants to wear a black burka in 37% heat in summer, then good on her. When you have travelled to places like Egypt and Jordan and spoken to the locals (tax drivers stories, etc), hey, bring on the mans world mate. Forget this equal opportunity stuff.
