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Kinison 1
Neat, but completely useless in a practical world.

What happens when you have a dozen cars running on this? Wont the sails get tangled?
Posted by Kinison http://www.holgatehawks.com on February 13, 2013 at 8:52 AM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 2

sign or comment my Petition to the White House..Build The Hydrogen Economy:

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petitio…
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com on February 13, 2013 at 9:06 AM
Pope Peabrain 3
I often wondered why electric cars don't have wind generators built in the front. It could look like a foil.
Posted by Pope Peabrain on February 13, 2013 at 9:11 AM
Supreme Ruler Of The Universe 4
#3

Because perpetual motion doesn't exist?
Posted by Supreme Ruler Of The Universe http://www.you-read-it-here-first.com on February 13, 2013 at 9:14 AM
Pope Peabrain 5
@4 No, but efficiency does.
Posted by Pope Peabrain on February 13, 2013 at 9:23 AM
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For wide open spaces, crossing a windy continent, here's the lower-tech version:

http://blog.greenbird.co.uk/wp-content/u…
Posted by Brooklyn Reader on February 13, 2013 at 10:18 AM
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@5: Good name choice. The additional resistance from turning the generator would be greater than the power generates. That's what @4 was saying.

And dear God, but Mudede is hitting new levels of nonsensical. A commercial, capitalist company does a publicity stunt to draw attention to their technology (and to refine their technology for sail) and the Mudede thinks it's a perfect example of whimsy and repudiation of purpose?
Posted by also on February 13, 2013 at 10:51 AM
skidmark 8
"Play is our only true spirituality."

Charles are you referencing an a veiled way the Hindu concept of Lila or at least a secular version of it?

Posted by skidmark on February 13, 2013 at 11:05 AM

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