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it's about scale

Posted on: August 19, 2025 at 13:57:13 CT
o'lineydisciple MU
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and admittedly I have no clue.

If you think of the amount of energy taken out via wind is a 5-gallon bucket full of water, it would make a huge difference in a bathtub but like zero difference in the ocean.

I have zero clue how big the bucket is for wind energy, so to speak.
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Google goes nuclear. - RHAYWORTH MU - 8/19 11:18:42
     A data company is wanting to build a data center in - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/19 11:39:52
          save our water - SwampTiger MU - 8/19 13:15:34
          I wouldn’t want scammer Indians brought in either(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 8/19 11:45:05
     Great news. Nuclear should be the bridge power supply until - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/19 11:38:50
          Modular nuclear is the future (nm) - mizzouSECedes STL - 8/19 13:00:28
               ...according to those in the modular reactor business - FootballRefugee MU - 8/19 13:20:12
                    Distribution Utilities are becoming on board - mizzouSECedes STL - 8/19 15:57:29
          you're going about this all wrong - FootballRefugee MU - 8/19 12:08:27
               Did you know the tips of those blades are going around - Tigrrrr! MU - 8/19 12:11:46
          When you can make the sun shine more and the wind blow - MU Diaspora MU - 8/19 11:53:45
          RE: Great news. Nuclear should be the bridge power supply until - Tommy JaCrispy MU - 8/19 11:51:33
               If you are pulling energy from the air then there is less - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/19 12:08:09
                    you're a teacher, right? are you students also - 90Tiger STL - 8/19 12:31:43
                         hold on. It is a fair discussion, without long term - tman MU - 8/19 12:37:04
                              The sun has been shining on our planet for billions of years - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/19 13:06:11
                                   dude, where do you think wind comes from? (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 8/19 13:19:38
                                        I know where wind comes from but I also know that we are now - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/19 13:51:25
                                             will the energy we draw from the sun or geothermal sources - 90Tiger STL - 8/19 17:16:10
                                                  No. That energy is gone forever. - haeffb MU - 8/19 17:30:35
                                             RE: I know where wind comes from but I also know that we are now - meatiger MU - 8/19 14:03:32
                                        if you drain 0.1% a year - SwampTiger MU - 8/19 13:21:00
                                             Does it just keep going around the earth - meatiger MU - 8/19 13:31:19
                                                  Clearly, anything in the path of wind reduces the speed of - 90Tiger STL - 8/19 13:41:33
                                                       RE: Clearly, anything in the path of wind reduces the speed of - meatiger MU - 8/19 13:43:11
                                                  once it's gone, eventually the earth - SwampTiger MU - 8/19 13:34:58
                                                       what about when all the oil is gone? (nm) - KCT-BoneTiger A - 8/19 13:36:25
                                                            RE: what about when all the oil is gone? (nm) - 90Tiger STL - 8/19 13:42:03
                                                            it'll come back - SwampTiger MU - 8/19 13:37:11
                                                                 lol (nm) - KCT-BoneTiger A - 8/19 13:39:35
                                             it's simply astonishing to me. Not that he's a teacher, tha - 90Tiger STL - 8/19 13:22:21
                                   The wind energy - meatiger MU - 8/19 13:16:45
                              Oh, wait. This post below might be very very wrong. - haeffb MU - 8/19 12:50:12
                                   It is very wrong - meatiger MU - 8/19 13:15:42
                              it technically makes sense - o'lineydisciple MU - 8/19 12:41:59
                                   what about hydroelectric dams? What impacts do they have - KCT-BoneTiger A - 8/19 12:54:03
                                        several well known effects - o'lineydisciple MU - 8/19 13:55:04
                                        Apples and oranges. The energy of the water is naturally - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/19 13:49:54
                                             you are missing a big big component - meatiger MU - 8/19 14:37:09
                                             it's about scale - o'lineydisciple MU - 8/19 13:57:13
                                                  RE: it's about scale - meatiger MU - 8/19 14:37:54
          RE: Great news. Nuclear should be the bridge power supply until - meatiger MU - 8/19 11:49:09
               That said that wind farms had limited influence on wind - DHighlander NWMSU - 8/19 12:16:07
                    RE: That said that wind farms had limited influence on wind - meatiger MU - 8/19 12:32:51
                         Because there is no source of energy going into - haeffb MU - 8/19 12:37:18
     wind and solar will cover it(nm) - tman MU - 8/19 11:29:22




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