Ask a Physicist: Wind Farms and Weather

Foster, from the USA wants to know:Could the tens of thousands of windmills across the United States be at least partially responsible for the recent change in weather patterns, and particularly the drought in California? I know energy is conserved, so I have to wonder what effect it has on weather patterns when we start introducing massive energy sinks in high-wind areas. Wouldn't it cause more air to flow around the farms?Foster,I've always thought it was hilarious that HAARP, the high-frequen...