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The word "rights" surprisingly didn't come in that piece. By analogy to "water rights" [1], "wind rights" are a thing, both in the basic sense of permission to
by glkindlmann 1y ago
The word "rights" surprisingly didn't come in that piece. By analogy to "water rights" [1], "wind rights" are a thing, both in the basic sense of permission to extract wind power from some chunk of land [2] and the messier sense of that article: conflicts between upstream and downstream users of the wind [3] (recent article and fascinating read)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riparian_water_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riparian_water_rights
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_rights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_rights
[3] https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wind-wakes-and-the-right-to-wind-power-generation/ https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wind-wakes-and-the-right-to-win...
- JumpCrisscross 1y agoWind rights, as presently constructed, are more analogous to air rights than water rights. They convey the right to use a space versus resource.
- tantalor 1y agoFrom the article: "you can't steal something that can't be owned - and nobody owns the wind"
- timewizard 1y agoDrainage! Drainage, Eli, you boy. Drained dry. I'm so sorry. Here, if you have a milkshake, and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw. There it is, that's the straw, you see? Watch it. Now my straw reaches acroooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake. I drink your milkshake!
- dp-hackernews 1y agoI presume this is a quote from a film, but which one? Or, if not where from?
- tantalor 1y agoThere Will Be Blood
- ta12653421 1y agoExactly ++1
- dp-hackernews 1y agoTnx
- curiouscavalier 1y agoThanks for posting this. Water rights and who gets priority was the first thing that came to mind. The thought of “wind augmentation plans” is fun to think about.