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Windmills help people in many ways. In olden times they used it to grind wheat for bread. Now we mostly use it to harness the power of wind energy and converting that into electricity. In Netherlands, they use windmills to pump water away thereby leaving land for urbanization. Even today, most of the netherlands is below sea level.
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Why does a windmill mean freedom?
Windmills can be used to pump water from a local river to the village where people live. Windmills can be used to generate electricity so people can see at night or keep warm in winter.
Why are windmills important?
Windmills are important because they provide electricity. The more the windmills move, the more electricity. If you go to Palm Springs in California, you will find hundreds and hundreds of windmills, because it is a windy place. Hope this helped.
How do windmills effect the environment?
When they cut down forests to put up the windmills you lose all the oxygen generating from the trees and the windmills that produce wind energy can only be used in that community; also the trucks bring in the parts for the windmills pollutes the environment.
What three advances in technology helped the people who were living on the Great Plains?
windmills,irrigation ditches and,barbed wire.
What was the first windmills used for?
The first windmills were used for grinding grain and pumping water. In ancient times, windmills were primarily used to grind grain into flour, providing an efficient method for food production. Later on, windmills were also used to pump water from wells and drain marshes.
How do windmills help people?
they pump underground water to the surface
What are windmills used for?
windmills are there to help save energy and renew electricity.
Why are the windmills so important in the novel?
Cause they help many of people and provide grain and water.
What percent of people hate windmills?
100% of the people who have to live near them
What do the dutch export to Australia?
Dutch people and windmills
How do windmills help us?
Windmills provide wind power which can be turned into electricity and is good for our enviorment without burning fossil fuels like coal and oil.
How do windmills effect the local people?
Windmills have been shown to have some detrimental effects on the people who live near them. The main issues stem from the noise which is created by the windmills, which leads to loss of sleep and headaches. They have not been proven to be the direct cause of any health problems.
How did southwest people water thir crops?
Wells & windmills.
How do older windmills and new windmills differ?
older windmills make more energy than newer windmills
Why did peoplestop building windmills during the 1800?
i think is because they had better technology to help them.
Why where windmills and barbed wire important?
it helped people in the olden days.
Who uses windmills?
many people in the world do. that's all i know.
