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Re:Receding glacier causes Canadian river to vanish in four ... by ocschwar on Monday April 17, 2017 @03:46PM (#14133836)
Met a guy who was trying to sell a setup to plasma-fy the air along the edges of turbine wings to squeeze a bit more efficiency.

There's room for improvement still.

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Re:Receding glacier causes Canadian river to vanish in four ... by titojankowski on Monday April 17, 2017 @05:04PM (#14134414)
Wow crazy, I don't understand plasma-fy tho...some device on the edge of the windmill blade would change the nature of the air to reduce friction?
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Re:Receding glacier causes Canadian river to vanish in four ... by ocschwar on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @03:42PM (#14142201)
Yes. Not necessarily reduce it, but change the profile around the blade to get more out of the wind.
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