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Slowing down the wind (a finite resource)
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RE: Slowing down the wind (a finite resource)
Quote: Wind speeds were a lot lower when there were tall sailing ships criss-crossing the oceans. Once they stopped using sails the wind speeds increased. If governments were to put huge fleets of sailing ships out in the ocean they could reduce the severity of hurricanes. The ships' sails will slow down the winds.

Seems legit. I mean a sail is bound to slow the wind down a lot more than a wind turbine right?

Although....

We've built a lot of houses and shit. Could they be slowing the wind down at all? Panic. And fences! I built a fence at the bottom of my garden and it definitely makes my garden more sheltered. What have I done?! I must have slowed the wind down LOADS! PanicPanic

Or is that the secret reason for deforestation? I mean trees are like way denser than turbines or houses. Maybe they have to be cut down to speed the wind up!
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RE: Slowing down the wind (a finite resource) - by Rahul - March 9, 2014 at 12:08 pm
RE: Slowing down the wind (a finite resource) - by rsb - March 9, 2014 at 4:12 am
RE: Slowing down the wind (a finite resource) - by Jacob(smooth) - March 10, 2014 at 4:40 am

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