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[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Verzijlbergh explained that Belgian wind farms have an advantage over Dutch ones. “They are located southwest of the Dutch parks and the wind often comes from the southwest, so you often steal some of our wind,” he said.

Umm, my guy. It sounds like it's their wind and they graciously pass on their leftovers instead of "extracting" all of the wind.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It was then that the Dutch poldered the Netherlands out to upwind of the Belgian wind farms.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Would be such a power move.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Peak old man yells at clouds.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

They're gonna steal them next!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

How did they catch wind of this?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There’s a fart joke here somewhere…

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

"But it turned out the French were the ones producing it all along."

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

ooooo those Belgians! That's why they have those little twirly moustaches!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Just ask them to spin the windmills in reverse 3% of the time

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In an interview with Belgian broadcaster VRT, Verzijlbergh said: “A wind turbine is designed to extract wind from the air. If you measure behind a wind turbine, the wind blows less hard. Behind a wind farm with many wind turbines together, you really see lower wind speeds.”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Just don't break it, before you send the wind onwards to me...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

They’ll never have more trumps than the US.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

For fuck's sake... it starts...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, give our wind back you patat and wafel eating neighbors! We have the wind GEKOLONISEERD!

What a load of bullshit. It's fucking wind. Enough for all of us.

I like our southern neighbors (well, onky the Flamish). We should work together more instead of making these bullshit claims to fucking wind.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Next thing we know they'll be accusing chestnuts of being lazy.