Re: OT: FOAK Windmill Boat/Cart

Eiron wrote:
Scraggy wrote:

Eiron wrote:

Scraggy wrote:

Phil Launchbury wrote:
. Wind is caused

by air moving from areas of low pressure to areas of high
pressure.


<ahem>
Vice versa methinks.


It tries but you mustn't forget the coriolis force.
Irrelevant, it would still go from high to low but, tbf, the weather
would be err... somewhat different.

I guess you haven't looked at a weather map recently.
You could try searching for Coriolis on Wikipedia....

I guess you could try reading what I wrote and not what you think I wrote.

It goes *either* directly *or* indirectly. Whichever route, it *still goes* high to low, hence my 'irrelevant' comment.


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