[tet68]

The reason the Dutch used windmills was because they were
low speed high torque to turn the mill stones.

I figure eventually they will put them in the deep ocean
currents until they finally discover that it’s altering
the climate even there. Maybe by then we’ll have fusion
power in 20 or 30 years.
Of course it’s kind of ironic that we use nuclear fission
to run a steam turbine produce electricity just like a hundred years ago

[roadcat]

The reason the Dutch used windmills was because they were low speed high torque to turn the mill stones.

There are two windmills in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, almost a century-and-half old (still in use). They were used to pump groundwater throughout the park. Dutch design. So not just for grinding, but also pumping water.

[roadcat]

San Francisco windmills: "After an extensive renovation, the Murphy Windmill began functioning again in 2012. Visitors can see its sails turn Saturday afternoons, weather permitting."

These don't kill birds!

[Salamander]

They’re on the way.

https://oceanwind.com/About-Ocean-wind

Cannot tell me that’s not gonna screw stuff up.

Did the Texas wind farms alter the Gulf Stream because it’s all messed up now.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Wind_farm_map_2015.png

[KC_for_Freedom]

I don’t know about ironic, but the fission produces heat to boil the liquid in the turbine, (could be water like you said, for hundreds of years but could also be a salt or metal and the fission reactor could be gen 4 with its automatic ability to shut down if anything goes wrong. I would say nuclear is the energy of the future like coal fired turbines were the system of the past.