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Old 06-18-2021, 05:27 PM   #151 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5 View Post
Could wind turbines sufficiently extract enough energy that we could measure a sustained overall decrease in wind intensity at the ground level?
I think that between the spacing of the turbines, their height, blade density as a percentage of the swept disc area, and the mean elevation wind velocity, where the turbine blades perform, would be so different than at ground level, that we'd never be able to discern or measure a difference.
I've watched them out in Jack County, where my power comes from. They're essentially 'nothing' compared to the spatial environment in which the inhabit. Really insignificant. Like infinity compared to a gnat's whisker.

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