alt Hacker NewsThe book Mine is relevant here. It’s about how people argue over what belongs to whom, especially when ownership is unclear.
When one wind farm is upwind, its turbines slow the wind for farms behind it, cutting their energy. In a way, it’s “stealing” some of the wind.
The book explains why these kinds of fights over shared resources happen and why we need better rules for such situations.
Other examples: upstream hydropower reducing downstream potential energy; a tree in your yard casting shadows on your neighbor’s property, thereby “stealing” sunlight and potential solar power.
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We have been here before with the waterwheels that powered the mills at the start of the Industrial Revolution, allegedly.
Allegedly this was a problem in the Cotswolds, UK, when the woollen industry was where the big money was. I only know this from school history classes, not from Google, hence my use of the word 'allegedly'. Allegedly, mills placed upstream slowed the flow to existing mills downstream, leading to disputes.
In time, mills were built with big chimneys, meaning coal. But why would you go for expensive coal that had to be transported when you had 'free' power from the river? It has been hypothesised that drought may have played a part in this, not the over use of waterwheels.
Classical example is rivers crossing two countries, and the country upstream installing dams...
That book title is not easily googleable!
Mine, by Kim Faulk, 2022 Synopsis: “ Family is everything... I always knew my father was a cold, heartless bastard.
But the moment he took Elle Castlemaine and her pathetic daughter into our home, barely a month after our mom died, he unleashed something savage inside me.”
I’m guessing it’s not that one!