Agreed. I had the same thought and then saw the numbers and was like wait, “which part of this is the fucked up part?”
Comment on 'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoSo those units didn’t scale right, clearly. But you also can’t possibly call those “high altitudes”. Small planes like cessnas fly at low altitudes, like 5000 ft, a 747 flys at a high altitude, 40,000 ft; 1600 ft is nothing, that’s lower than some buildings.
y0kai@anarchist.nexus 2 weeks ago
breadguy@kbin.earth 2 weeks ago
they're talking about the extra 0 on 10,000
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I did catch that, I was just pointing out there are additional problems with the statement as well.