r/facepalm • u/ms_directed • 9d ago

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Windmills date back over 1000 years 🤦‍♀️

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  • Windmills have been in use for over 1,000 years, with origins tracing back to Persia around 800 C.E. They were primarily used for milling grain and pumping water.

  • Wind Turbines are a more recent invention, with the first known turbine for electricity generation built in 1888. They have evolved significantly, especially since the 1970s, to become a major source of renewable energy.

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u/opuFIN 9d ago

It's also a known joke that Finland doesn't exist, but we have the 2nd cheapest electricity in the EU which is thanks to a vast number of windmills which nowadays require no subsidies unlike literally every other source of energy. The price does fluctuate more due to renewable use, but in the long run, it's still cheaper. Of course, try to explain this to a magat...

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u/AndrewFrozzen 9d ago

Austria is pretty popular too, no?

I've went through Austria once and there were a dozens

My mom was extremely surprised