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bybazorg ( 911295 ) writes:
The US Commerce Secretary threw shade at the bloc's renewable push during Davos, warning that China uses net zero goals to make allies "subservient" by controlling battery and critical mineral supply chains.
I wonder what the argument is here.
Is it that countries have no way to be truly independent therefore they might as well save money in converting to less pollutant tech?
byukoda ( 537183 ) writes:
This statement by the US Commerce Secretary was the most interesting. The choices being:
1. The US controls fossil fuels, a consumable and lifetime system dependence.
2. China controls supply chains need for new deployments.
However China does not control the sun or wind. So go with fossil fuels and have an untrustworthy partner who could turn off your energy supply anytime for any reason, or go with a renewables system supplier who could delay the role out of new generation. A pretty easy choice, even
byangel'o'sphere ( 80593 ) writes:
Nitpicking on:
o What you call a wind turbine, is technically not a turbine.
o Windmill is a common term for a "wind turbine"
Nitpicking mode off.
A turbine is something completely different than what we use/see as wind mills.
Nevertheless no one complains about calling them wind turbines, despite the fact they aren't any turbines.
So, why can you not cope with it, that we have no perfect fitting name, and some prefer to call them wind mill?
We Germans used to call them Wind-Anlage, where Anlage is a synonym for
byukoda ( 537183 ) writes:
Nitpicking accepted. I had wondered about the term turbine too, but had no better word and turbine was the word being used by the people deploying them.
I guess my issue with trump is windmill and the those wind power generation devices, that I will refer to for convince sake as as wind turbines, is the juxtaposition of them. Here in New Zealand we have hundreds of wind turbines and only one operational windmill I know of. The wind turbines have a very industrial feel to them but the windmill gives off a very different vibe. If you are ever in New Zealand and passing thru Foxton on SH1 take break and checkout the De Molen windmill there, an exact replica of 17th century Dutch flour mill. See https://www.foxtonwindmill.co.... [foxtonwindmill.co.nz]. It only cost about $2 to explore the interior and is cool to watch in operation from the inside. The milliner will even sell you flour milled by the windmill. Contrary to what trump claims I saw no dead birds at the base of it.
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byangel'o'sphere ( 80593 ) writes:
You should go at the end of the night and count the dead bats!!
New Zealand is on my travel list on the top. So I will remember your windmill :D
A shame, I never was in a windmill in Germany or Netherlands ...
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