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Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21504) • London, England 28 Sep 20

I have cycled through Wraysbury, a village a little west of Heathrow Airport, many times and it was only the other day I noticed that they have a windmill. Before this, I have only seen one other windmill and that was in the...

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Living off the grid

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381739) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Aug 20

At the endurance we attended recently in Western Australia, Vince met the elderly couple seen in the photo. His conversation with them was interrupted but he was anxious to continue his chat. It turns out they are brother and...

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A wind-driven horse near Mukinbudin, West Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381739) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Aug 19

Just north of Mukinbudin in West Australia, we came across the scene that is in the photo. It is near the homestead of a George Landsdell, who was a prominent early settler in the area. He was also a bookmaker and race-horse...

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Living

me @dfollin (27267) • United States 30 Jan 19

Would you rather renovate a windmill as your home or a light house as your home? Both are very economical as far as energy goes. However in my opinion I think lighthouses are prettier than...

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Emye favorite song #4 WIndmill - Helloween

Muhamad Yasin @muhamadyasin82 (656) • Jakarta, Indonesia 15 Aug 18

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cZJnzZaM8Q actually this song is a song that is very underated from an album that can be said to be a failure from Helloween Because of this Chamelleon album, the legendary singer Helloween named...

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Choose a catchy title to get views - or maybe not

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381739) • Rockingham, Australia 10 Aug 18

I recently posted two discussions about windmills. I put them up one after the other which probably wasn’t the best idea. One was called A Windmill Museum blah blah and the other A Windmill named Bruce. At the moment the latter...

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A windmill museum at Penong in South Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381739) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Aug 18

Many of Australia’s small country towns came close to dying while others have disappeared off the map. Many have installed a ‘giant’ something or other as a way of attracting tourists. Murals on town buildings are also now a dime...

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Mourning on a Sunday Morning

Louise Crisologo @mlgen1037 (29882) • Manila, Philippines 3 Jun 18

Hello Everybody! I was on vacation for three days and I tried to be present here while resting from work (still working actually) but limited data connection. I am still tired until now as we were awake until the wee hours of the...

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A Little Bit Of Holland

Diana Abrahamson @dianadee (1778) • South Africa 13 Mar 16

There were some places and sights, that stood out from the rest, while visiting Holland. We so enjoyed the bike rides along the green dyke walls and the evergreen countryside with the cutest houses with quaint gardens. There...

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A Windmill in my Garden

Judy Evans @JudyEv (381739) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Feb 16

@Gillygirl has suggested we share with readers garden ornaments or decorations that we might have. Windmills were part and parcel of my life as a young child growing up on a farm. We depended on the windmill to pump water from...

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Can wind mills and solar panels be built on buoys on the ocean surface?

MOGARAJU JAGADISH KUMAR @earthist (4) • Nellore, India 6 Oct 15

If wind mills and solar panels are built on buoys on ocean surfaces,will it be affordable.Again the transmission of power generated would be a problem. If we develop an equipment which can store more power, then the powered cells...

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wind energy source of renewable energy

cagq80 @cagq80 (9) • Philippines 15 Jul 12

i always on a lookout for any technology that can help me save electricity I already bought a powersaver a device that promise 30% off my monthly electricity bill. unfortunately I don't see the difference since almost every month...

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Wind turbines, good idea to save on electric bills, now within your reach

nanajanet @nanajanet (4436) • United States 4 Feb 09

I could not find a category for this subject so if the admin needs to move it, that is fine. We need an environment board. Trying to save the environment and save money, too, is a big issue these days. I have been investigating...

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Green energy, the hows and how nots

lizardgod @lizardgod (443) • United States 28 May 08

Ok so I have recently become interested in Green energy. For those who don't know what that is, Green energy is energy that is collected from natural means, such as solar, wind, geothermal and things like that which are renewable....

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This is amazing.... Now, a windmill that can produce freshwater from seawater...

vishnu_badlapur @vishnu_badlapur (560) • India 4 Mar 08

Dutch researchers at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) have developed a windmill that would be able to produce fresh water from seawater directly. The windmill is suited for use by, for instance, small villages in...

Dutch Windmill in a nice late sunset in North Holland

hd1027 @hd1027 (257) • United States 1 Feb 08

Has anyone else been in North Holland and seen something like this?

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Holland, have you been there?

Redrum666 @Redrum666 (56) • Netherlands 6 May 07

First of all, I would like to know if there are any Dutch people here. To anyone else: have you visited Holland yet? If so, what do you think about it, where did you go and what do you remember of it? Most of you must know...

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Do you still have Christmas decorations up in March? part 2

tess1960 @tess1960 (2385) • United States 24 Mar 07

Well, I cannot figure out how to post 2 photos with a discussion so here is the picture of the windmill with the garland still around it. I better get it down soon before the Iris starts coming up too high.

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why don't we see more windmills?

cafay1 @cafay1 (256) • United States 26 Feb 07

I don't understand why we are not actively pursueing this form of energy. I live in Upstate New York and we have some here. They work wonderful. But, when a company wanted to expand them over some of the remote area here the towns...

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