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Actually, wind turbines do produce heat but we generally let it dissipate. It may be that it is not really usable, but wind turbines that only produce heat are
by hkt 5y ago
Actually, wind turbines do produce heat but we generally let it dissipate. It may be that it is not really usable, but wind turbines that only produce heat are a thing historically:
https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/02/heat-your-house-with-a-water-brake-windmill.html https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/02/heat-your-house-with...
- arcticbull 5y agoI think the issue is you can’t really move heat too far physically, and turbines are located usually pretty far from houses themselves. Certainly relative to rooftop solar.
- hkt 5y agoNo argument here, I was just being a pedant really
- arcticbull 5y agoI appreciated your comment because I hadn’t actually thought about that before!