Wait until you hear what creates wind!
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Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
I hate to be pedantic, but the things in the picture are windmills… you know giant whirly things that are powered by wind… kind of very different from things that lie around and absorb sunlight.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Patius@lemmy.world 9 months ago
There’s a man in the clouds who blows really hard.
But the plants he eats grow in sunlight.
phx@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
But, but… what if we put solar panels on the windmills? ;-)
Actually I double checked and solar-assisted windmills are a thing though not likely what’s shown in the picture. Actually now I’m wondering if you could also use solar to concentrate a local heat differential and power a wind turbine (though liquid is probably more efficient)
billygoat@catata.fish 9 months ago
That is inefficient, we should put windmills on solar panels.
dezmd@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Solar Panel Windmills. Checkmate, nukular nerds.
scarabic@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s not pedantic, just wrong.
Wind power also involves batteries. This article is about solar and batteries.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Yes it’s a stupid picture, the solar panels are in the background, not nearly as noticeable as the wind turbines.
TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world 9 months ago
You want pedantic? Those are wind turbines, champ. Windmills are used to mill grain, no matter how many people like yourself try to bastardize the term to apply to anything that rotates with air.
What’s next for you people, pinwheels are now windmills?
slumberlust@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Sorry, but not all wind mills are used for grain. Some ground stone and other material!
MBM@lemmings.world 9 months ago
Or for pumping water!
Oderus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Found the Dutch guy
Test_Tickles@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
I told you I hate to be pedantic.
TheMauveAvenger@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Fair enough.
Patius@lemmy.world 9 months ago
What if the turbines are hooked up to an electric milling machine ?
AdmiralShat@programming.dev 9 months ago
Then it’s a windmilf
clayj9@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Thank you! Seeing this more and more often and it drives me insane.