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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:08 AM Original message |
Turbine in Your Tank: Wind-Powered Cars |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. I Think This is an Excellent Concept for Light Vehicles |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. I often wonder about the possibility of putting little wind turbines in the cars themselves... |
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OKIsItJustMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I'm sorry, but, no. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. The force that makes wind work is drag. |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
5. Yes. This is a big part of the solution |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yes, this is why Pacific Gas and Electric is pushing for plug-in hybrids here, |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Ok, how about a GPS link to show how far you have driven from home? |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Sure, you'd need to have some flexibility |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. You'd actually need higher voltages to charge cars |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 09:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yes, you are right. |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. Why limit it to just wind? |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
7. More on the concept here-->> (pdf) |
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kristopher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 04:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Kempton is the originator of the V2G concept |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
13. Deserving of a rec for thread title alone |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wind can't even power the world's light bulbs. |
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diane in sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-27-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Howdy EEyore, sorry nukes are dying, I suppose that accounts for your depressed |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yes, centralized control over any commodity is always best. Especially energy. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
18. Wind-propelled vehicles? Nothing new. |
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