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Re:NASA to test prototype Kilopower nuclear reactor by sbierwagen on Monday December 11, 2017 @02:41PM (#15899680)
> the calculations on wind power say that at current power requirements civilization will harvest enough energy from the air currents to change the climate again

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Wind doesn't circulate through the atmosphere forever with perfect efficiency, it eventually dumps its energy into the ground via friction.

There's no difference between slowing wind down with a wind turbine and slowing it down with a tree, they both end up as heat eventually.

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