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[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 weeks ago

Wind and tidal is still just turbines.

[-] DahGangalang@infosec.pub 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. One uses the passage of a gas over rotating blades. The other uses water as it flows.

Neither use the passage of gaseous water, so theyre totally different!

/s

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

We never moved away from windmills basically. Only solar is completely different, besides niche impractical things like piezo crystals

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