MNByChoice

Exactly.

I mistakenly skipped all of the words that would have helped like “Get get ahead of the obviously stupid question…” Adding that now.

Depending on one’s use case, one can also use a windmill, of any age, to directly generate hot water. Mostly useful if the end use for those watts is hot water. This is more efficient than wind to energy to hot water.

Edit to add: To get ahead of the obvious, but stupid question.

No, likely not hot enough to make steam to spin a different windmill/turbine to make electricity.

I do think the terminology resulting from “German translated to English in the late 1800s” does not help.

A lot of current people don’t know thanks to a lack of public education on the subject.

Not all is lost though. I recall seeing an interview with an American World War 2 veteran describing his understanding of how babies were made prior to getting married as “I recall thinking it had something to do with the belly button.” So “we” have been there before.