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Most usually as in the past, to pump well water to irrigate their fields with. Holland is a good example with the way they pump water out of the swamps.
However, only recently, here in Wyoming a local farm installed a bunch of wind mills to generate electricity with & get paid by the power companies.
They don't realize that all actions have subsequent reactions. To burn oil is to create smoke. To install windmills will, as they will eventually find out, will slow the wind & slow the rotation of the Earth.
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What energy is used in windmills?
Windmills use wind energy.
How To Capture Energy from Wind?
You can capture wind energy by using windmills and tubines. Farmers have them to capture wind energy.
Do windmills make wind?
No. Windmills use the wind for various puposes such as grinding grain, pumping water, and generating electricity.
How can electricity be obtained from the wind?
through the use of windmills .
How do older windmills and new windmills differ?
older windmills make more energy than newer windmills
Farmers on the Great Plains were aided by what?
by the windmills
What did US farmers use to pump groundwater to the surface?
Farmers used wind energy, the wind mills also pumped water as their blades swung.
What did farmers begin to use for advancements during the middle ages?
Farmers used the following advancements during the Middle Ages: windmills, crop rotation, and iron plows.
What energy is used in windmills?
Windmills use wind energy.
What do windmills use to get energy?
err....yea.... windmills use wind, clue is in the title
Do windmills use biofuels?
Ummm . . . windmills use the wind to keep them turning. No biofuels are involved.
Where are windmills being used today?
I am doing giant windmills in class today and I just wondered if you could answer my question for me? This is my question: 'are giant windmills used anywhere already' thankyou!!!!!! As far as I know the biggest in use now is rated at 2 megawatts
How did the windmill change the way of life on the Great Plain?
There is little rainfall on the Great Plain. Farmers had trouble raising crops without plenty of available water. Windmills powered water pumps that drew water up into storage tanks. Many farmers in the western states still use windmills to pump water because they do not rely on electricity.
Why were windmills important in the great plains?
they helped farmers retrieve water from deep water aquifers
What farming techniques helped farmers adapt to dry environment in the west?
They built windmills and plows
What is the symbolism of windmills in don quixote?
Windmills were used to power wool factories. The spread of sheep farming for wool was displacing peasant farmers in much of Europe and Spain. The Don is defending the poor and the past. The windmills symbolise the big business titans of his times.
What farming techniques specifically helped farmers adapt to the dry environmental in the west?
They built windmills and plows
