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RE: I know where wind comes from but I also know that we are now

Posted on: August 19, 2025 at 14:03:32 CT

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From a quick google/chatgbt search, it says there may be 870 terrawatts
Global consumption is about 20, and think I saw maybe we are around 10% in some countries. so..maybe-1 to 2 is current. so about .1 to .2%.

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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