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How many watts could a windmill generate? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago by Dr_Necropolis@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Hypothetically, if i were to hook up an old timey flour windmill to a generator, how much power could i produce with its rotation?

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[–] BonsaiBoo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

It’d be wildly inefficient compared to modern windmills which churn out millions of watts. No one would do that.

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