Re:America’s First Offshore Wind Farm
by xkcd-sucks on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @01:19PM
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Windmills mill down gears/bearings into metal/ceramic powder. They produce toxic electricity as waste which is transported elsewhere for disposal.
You're just being pedantic at that point. Wind turbine / mill is used interchangeably in the populace, and they are the ones you need to convince that these projects are viable.
Re:America’s First Offshore Wind Farm
by DavidWanjiru on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @01:19PM
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People in the industry should realize that by windmill, we mean that big rotating thing. What it does with the rotation is not visible to us for us to need to make a distinction, and for the majority of their existence, those big rotating things were just windmills.
I guess the avout of Arbre would refer to the distinction as"bulshytt" though, so take from it what you will.
edit: Ah, I see this was discussed below under another parent. Apologies if anyone takes umbrage to the distinction discussion.