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You fumbled the math.

>doubling wind speeds gives ~8 times the power

This describes a cubic relationship; 2 cubed is 8.

>doubling the length of the blades gives something like 4 times the power output

This describes a quadratic relationship; 2 squared is 4.

0.9^3 * 0.9^2 = 59% of the energy, much better than the 20% you claim.




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