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Wind vanes and flags do not move, but rising smoke drifts. 1 or less Calm 1 1–3 Light air 2 4–7 Light breeze 3 8–12 Gentle breeze 4 13–18 Moderate breeze 5 19–24 Fresh breeze 6 25–31 Strong breeze Difficult to use an open umbrella. 7 32–38 Moderate gale The wind exerts strong pressure on people walking into it. 8 39–46 Fresh gale Small twigs torn from trees. 9 47–54 Strong gale Chimneys blown down; slates and tiles torn from roofs. 10 55–63 Whole gale Trees broken or uprooted. 11 64–75 Storm 12 above 75 Hurricane Drifting smoke indicates the wind direction.
Each of these computer-controlled mirrors tracks the Sun across the sky and reflects its heat onto tubes filled with oil. The heated oil is then used to boil water and make steam, and the steam drives a machine called a turbine to generate electricity. FLOUR POWER Sunshine and rain are vital for growing the crops that we depend on, such as this wheat, ripening on a North American farm. But crops can also be used to produce alternatives to gasoline, and this is perhaps the most efficient way to use solar energy.
Windsurfing, sailing, and landyachting all depend on the wind, and hot-air balloonists and hang gliders need the wind to carry them. Even surfers and bodyboarders need wind because it is the wind that creates waves. SUNNY DELIGHT Bowl-shaped solar mirrors are called heliostats. They focus sunlight onto a central target, which gets very hot. Heliostats are expensive to build, work only in places with guaranteed sunshine, and yet they generate very little energy. In sunny countries many people have solar collectors on their roofs to heat water for showers and laundry.