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Re:World's biggest wind turbine shows the disproportionate p... by lostlogin on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @03:17AM (#28298849)
> Does anyone know why vertical wind turbines didn’t take off?

This had me really scratching my head for way too long, I laughed out loud when I realised my error.

“They are bolted down surely?”

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Re:World's biggest wind turbine shows the disproportionate p... by nuccy on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @04:13AM (#28299138)
One of the reasons may be a problem with "disabling" vertical turbines during high winds. With properller-like turbines, blade can rotate to move edge-on towards the wind direction or move parts of blades in the opposite direction, so that the overall torque in each blade is zero regardless of the wind speed.
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Re:World's biggest wind turbine shows the disproportionate p... by kitd on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @09:19AM (#28301296)
Reminds me of a report about the floating decision for the UK's first spaceport:

Where it will land is still up in the air

Me: "Well, thats f**ing no good"

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Re:World's biggest wind turbine shows the disproportionate p... by bserge on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:41AM (#28299568)
Great joke :D
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