How does wind spin those giant turbines? It seems like even high-speed winds wouldn’t move it very quickly with how heavy the turbine blades must be.

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How does wind spin those giant turbines? It seems like even high-speed winds wouldn’t move it very quickly with how heavy the turbine blades must be.

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Watch big trees sway in the wind. Unoiled, very heavy and ridged enough for us to build multi-story homes out of, wind over surface area builds similar to a ship’s sail. Sailing ships move through dense water with wind power alone, why not mega-structures designed to harvest wind for energy?

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