I've seen windmill farms in north Texas that go on for miles and miles, and I came to find out that they are grossly inefficient in producing actual ENERGY for homes and businesses there.
Choose any one windmill in the farm, then figure out how much better it would catch the wind if it didn't have x number of windmills surrounding it. The windmills are competing against each other, thus slowing the wind down for its neighbors.
It only stands to reason. It takes energy to turn the blades, which the wind provides, thus, the wind loses energy as it goes along.
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I've seen windmill farms in north Texas that go on for miles and miles, and I came to find out that they are grossly inefficient in producing actual ENERGY for homes and businesses there.
Choose any one windmill in the farm, then figure out how much better it would catch the wind if it didn't have x number of windmills surrounding it. The windmills are competing against each other, thus slowing the wind down for its neighbors.
It only stands to reason. It takes energy to turn the blades, which the wind provides, thus, the wind loses energy as it goes along.
PHYSICS!
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