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Re:A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by ... by hkt on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @01:58AM (#31245157)
Actually, wind turbines do produce heat but we generally let it dissipate. It may be that it is not really usable, but wind turbines that only produce heat are a thing historically:

https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2019/02/heat-your-house-with...

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Re:A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by ... by arcticbull on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @05:34AM (#31246357)
I think the issue is you can’t really move heat too far physically, and turbines are located usually pretty far from houses themselves. Certainly relative to rooftop solar.
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Re:A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by ... by hkt on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @04:18AM (#31257989)
No argument here, I was just being a pedant really
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Re:A first for Canada: New type of nuclear plant opening by ... by arcticbull on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @07:31AM (#31259054)
I appreciated your comment because I hadn’t actually thought about that before!
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