Comments by "The Esseboy" (@TheEsseboy) on "The Engineering Mindset" channel.

  1. Energy storage
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  2. It is for cost reasons, the larger you make the blades, the larger and stronger you have to make the Tower to resist the wind force, and you get less and less benefits from larger blades the larger you go, 3 blades is optimal.
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  3. EMF is not dangerous, being scared of it is a mental disorder.
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  4. Because it would need to be in the Nacell, and because it is heavy it would mean you would need to make the whole tower stronger. Also a flywheel stores very little energy, too little to make an impact.
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  5. Except an alternator runs at 500+ RPM and a windturbine usually runs at a few hundred MAX at small sizes. An alternator costs money, so does a windmill, and the battery, nothing is free. Also you have to take into account that you spend your free time doing it, which is limited.
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  6. Nuclear takes 10-20 times longer to build and cannot be made small and affordable. Nuclear is good for base power, not so much for covering all the needs.
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