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Diamond_Dog

(36,798 posts) Tue Feb 28, 2023, 10:30 AM Feb 2023

All about wind and where it comes from [View all]

And no it’s not from Washington DC

https://www.sciencealert.com/where-we-get-wind-from-may-blow-you-away

The short answer is wind happens because the Sun heats some parts of the planet more than others, and this uneven heating starts a wind going. That means wind energy is really a kind of solar energy!

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All about wind and where it comes from [View all] Diamond_Dog Feb 2023 OP

Isn't that common knowledge, like from middle-school science class? Ocelot II Feb 2023 #1

Hurricane winds SCantiGOP Feb 2023 #2

Offhand I would imagine the earths rotation has some effect on wind Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #3

That's the Coriolis effect. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #4

Like you said, middle-school science class ;) (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Hugh_Lebowski Feb 2023 #5