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waldchr
Member #11,023
June 2009
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My Grandma believes with all her heart that the wind can't be rotating the blades of a windmill. She thinks there are motors in there doing it. Can I get you guys to back me up (and maybe give some other windmill info for her)?
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le_y_mistar
Member #8,251
January 2007
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she's too old, it doesnt matter. ----------------- |
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OnlineCop
Member #7,919
October 2006
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Wicked-pedia. Where all evil go for common knowledge.
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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Of course there are motors in them. It's the same with wind turbines. Haven't you ever wondered why windmills and wind turbines almost always face East or West? If you had counted them, you'd realized it's almost an exact 50/50 split. Why? Because that way, the momentum cancels out. But once they've established a large enough power base, the Illuminati will run them at full speed towards the East, slowing down the Earth's rotation until it stops completely. Only those at the two Chosen Meridians will have a chance of surviving; the remaining population will either burn or freeze to death, depending on which side of the terminator they end up on. -- |
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SonShadowCat
Member #1,548
September 2001
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If she's that old and actually believes that than there is no point. Just turn her into cheese or glue. |
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Matthew Leverton
Supreme Loser
January 1999
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The windmill farms they put up near my home town are used to generate wind. So those ones have motors, but most of them are powered by giant hamsters. |
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waldchr
Member #11,023
June 2009
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That's good x-g. Have you been saving that, or did you just come up with it on the spot?
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Tobias Dammers
Member #2,604
August 2002
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waldchr said: My Grandma believes with all her heart that the wind can't be rotating the blades of a windmill. She thinks there are motors in there doing it. Can I get you guys to back me up (and maybe give some other windmill info for her)? No point arguing. Just say "yes Grandma" and enjoy her company while you still can. --- |
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waldchr
Member #11,023
June 2009
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Tobias Dammers said: No point arguing. Just say "yes Grandma" and enjoy her company while you still can.
I suppose, but what bugs me is that she's not THAT old.
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SonShadowCat
Member #1,548
September 2001
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Here's to hoping you didn't inherit too many of her genes! |
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waldchr
Member #11,023
June 2009
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yeah...
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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She's not old enough (to remember the 1930's) They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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waldchr
Member #11,023
June 2009
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One way or the other I suppose.
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Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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Buy her a toy spinning flower? Followed by the line, "Deal with it." -----sig: |
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Ron Novy
Member #6,982
March 2006
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Technically they do have motors in them. A generator is basically the same as a motor... It's just that the motor is being used to generate electricity by the turning of the blades and not the motor being used to spin the blades. In some modern systems you can use the generator as a motor to spin the blades at low speed to position a blade or gear box for maintenance, but there are other ways to do that too... ---- |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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"Motor" is short for motivator or something. The term you're looking for is "transducer". They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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July 2006
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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gnolam said: Haven't you ever wondered why windmills and wind turbines almost always face East or West? If you had counted them, you'd realized it's almost an exact 50/50 split. Why? Because that way, the momentum cancels out. No, no, no! Those facing to the West blow, but those facing to the East suck! They don't even any momentum. They keep the Earth rotating! Any talk about the Earth axis is just bull-shit. There's nothing from outside attached to the assumed axis ends at the poles.  The guy said: Near the town of Pori, near the sea, you can see these three high pillars. Each has a huge propeller at the end. And the propellers are rotating. Can't think of a more stupid use for electricity.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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Evert
Member #794
November 2000
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waldchr said: My Grandma believes with all her heart that the wind can't be rotating the blades of a windmill. That's right. That we used windmills to pump water out of the polders is a common misconception. The fact is that the water flowed uphill due to the tides (so you need to shut the sluices at the turn of the tide, or the water will flow back down hill) to power the windmills. These windmills then generated wind that would be used to blow away the clouds so we had less rain and generally better weather. Of course, everyone knows that running water keeps things cool, so by reducing the amount of rain with our windmills, we actually caused the Earth to heat up, leading to global warming. |
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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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Johan Halmén said: No, no, no! Those facing to the West blow, but those facing to the East suck! They don't even any momentum. They keep the Earth rotating! So when the Bible mentions the sun stopped in the sky, the windmills were undergoing maintainence or what? They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas. |
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OnlineCop
Member #7,919
October 2006
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No, they were turned around by enemy forces, and naturally, it caused the earth to stand still. "Baby, I'd make the earth stand still for you. Hold that thought... Captain! Assemble the men. I want every windmill on the west coast turned 180 degrees!"
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gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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waldchr: I believe X-G thought up that link on the spot. -- |
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Shravan
Member #10,724
February 2009
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Windmills are used to generate electricity by means of air,the natural resource.Now why does anyone run the windmill with a motor inside it.Its nothing more than wastage of power.
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Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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In Soviet Russia... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
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