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u/GlobeLearner Jun 04 '16
You know you have too much wind turbin when the Netherlands ask you why.
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u/LiamNL Jun 04 '16
Actually we don't have that many wind turbines, mostly because people don't want them to disrupt the beautiful flatlands. So we try to build them on the sea but apparently that kills the fishes. Also we don't really have the land to build things.
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u/yawya Jun 05 '16
So make more land, I thought that's what the Dutch do?
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u/InfinityGCX Jun 05 '16
Nowadays only when it means less bureaucracy than whatever the alternative is.
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u/LiamNL Jun 05 '16
Nowadays it's considered a bad move because of the destruction of the ecosystem that is in the part of the sea you would want to dry. Before the whole eco thing happened it wasn't looked down upon, and even welcomed because most of the works would stop flooding from occurring.
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u/yawya Jun 05 '16
out with the old and in with the new.
you can't stop change, nothing lasts forever.
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Jun 05 '16
where does the majority of the netherlands' renewable energy come from? if you happen to know
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u/Inspirationguy Jun 05 '16
Only 5% is renewable energy in The Netherlands, one of the lowest in the EU.
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u/TheDreadfulSagittary Jun 05 '16
Netherlands is doing pretty bad with renewable energy. Citizens even sued the government, arguing that the government was damaging the people by not keeping in line with renewable energy agreements, and the judge ruled in the citizen's favour.
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u/piratesas Jun 05 '16
You know about that? Yeah, that happened around... oh half a year ago I guess? Still no word on what the government is actually gonna do though. Aside from the usual EU labels and subsidies for citizens getting ecofriendly stuff. You know, cars, washing machines, solar panels. That sort of stuff.
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u/TobiasCB Jun 05 '16
We don't use lots of renewable energy. We get gas from Slochteren. Most of the renewable energy are indeed wind turbines, and IIRC they're mostly placed around the afsluitdijk. I do see the number of solar panels rising in my neighbourhood however.
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Jun 05 '16
right, there's a picture of wind turbines in the waters of IJsselmeer along a motorway, i believe in Flevoland. very beautiful example of dutch engineering. it's pretty well known and i guess it gave me an idea that the netherlands has invested a lot in renewables.
edit: found it
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Jun 04 '16
Windmills do not work that way!
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u/Stoie Jun 08 '16
I cannot be seeing into the YouTubes, but I hope this is of the Futurama referencing
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u/SuperAlbertN7 Jun 04 '16
They could actually do it.
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u/ElMenduko Jun 04 '16
Actually no, because in that case they would be fans. Fans spend energy to move wind, a windmill gets energy from the wind to generate electricity
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u/Dre_PhD Jun 05 '16
Actually, yes still, because they already contain all the required parts, and the structure would still be considered a windmill, even when acting as a fan.
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u/madmoomix Jun 05 '16
No. Fans are not windmills. Windmills are not fans. This is not a rectangle/square situation. They are different things.
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u/Sandwich247 Jun 05 '16
I enjoy jokes that employ incorrect windmill physics even more than regular, windmill based jokes.
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Jun 04 '16
But what happened when wind changes its dirrction?
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u/conflictedideology Jun 04 '16
There are coal-powered motors in the windmills, they only blow in one direction.
Ever.
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u/Awooku Jun 04 '16 edited Jun 04 '16
My third comic, maybe I should take a break?
For anyone who can't see the image here is an imgur mirror.
For context:
1. Barsebäck
2. Sweden has power problems