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'Windmill': China tests world’s first megawatt-level airship to capture high winds (interestingengineering.com)
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"High-altitude winds between 1,640 and 3,281 feet (500 and 10,000 meters) above the ground are stronger and steadier than surface winds. These winds are abundant, widely available, and carbon-free.

"The physics of wind power makes this resource extremely valuable. “When wind speed doubles, the energy it carries increases eightfold, triple the speed, and you have 27 times the energy,” explained Gong Zeqi "

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[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 38 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Fossil fuels are from shit the dinos ate, like plants and other dumb crap. The belief that coal-rollers are cool enough to burn liquid dinosaurs is easily the single biggest lie of the oil industry.

Closely followed by -gestures wildly-

[–] Zugyuk@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Lol, got your new advert campaign... Gasoline is vegan

[–] frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 4 days ago

I mean, they already rebranded some shitty vinyl as "vegan leather".

[–] bobslaede@feddit.dk 7 points 4 days ago

That might actually stop the conservatives from using it.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago

Want to eat it?

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Oil is solar power with extra steps.

Just cut out the 300 million year old middle man

[–] Droechai@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Isnt all feces by definition dumb because of lack of advanced functioning brain?

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Maybe yours is. Mine isn't because I'm a smartass

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I mean some small part of it is dino. But yeah by biomass it's mostly plant.

[–] Zentron@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 days ago

Fun fact , oil is mostly from carboniferous period , so its alot older than dinos ... few hunder million years older

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

The whole term fossil fuel is wrong.