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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It’s kind of like the wing of an airliner. There’s a lot of force (lift) keeping it airborne. But if you watch it cruising along, it doesn’t look like the plane is going fast enough to keep it aloft. There’s a lot more force than you would intuitively think

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