Simply because of the space that would be needed for the wind-turbines ! The amount of power produced by a single wind turbine is relatively small. In order to power a large city, you would need thousands of turbines - which would occupy huge swathes of land !
energy source is inconsistent
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This is a large open reservoir. It is not used to generate electricity.
Wind Farm
Kinetic energy is produced when air moves large turbines that generate electricity. As the air pushes the turbine blades, they spin and convert the kinetic energy into mechanical energy, which is then converted into electricity through a generator.
We have a lot of it, and it is used to generate a large portion of the electricity in the US.
They are used to turn the blades of large wind turbines, which generate electricity.
The stator on an alternator is used to generate a magnetic field. This is a large factor in the production of electricity.
to cool the heating rods and generate electricity
Sure they can. Hydro power for instance can have huge capacity.
Hydroelectric energy uses water to turn large turbines in damns to generate electricity, while wind energy uses wind to turn wind turbines to generate electricity.
I would imagine it would be hard to keep your car connected to a large river that would be needed to generate the electricity while you were on the highway, other drivers might not like all the water it left on the road too.