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		thfuran on Aug 20, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Heat your house with a mechanical windmill (2019) Wouldn't 50% be outlandishly good for solar? I think even 25% would be exceptional.

MengerSponge on Aug 20, 2023 [–]

Yes, but this isn't solar. And to be a like-for-like comparison, we'd have to incorporate the lost/missed energy in the windmill's vanes.

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