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atula asks:Can wind power be used for running cars
It is just a wild idea I had...when you travel you automatically have fast moving air so can't a contraption be developed that is lie a windmill on top of the car roof that harness the fast blowing air energy and uses it to inturn run the car?
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i would think that
a windmill powerful enough to power a car would prove to be too powerful to carry on the car, as the forces involved would be uncontrollable..
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Not all windmills resemble propellers. Perhaps a cylinder-shaped helix turbine might be controllable.
Yes, I saw something on a news show that wind can be harnassed to power a car, but it's very costly. They said it may cost $60,000 at first. That's way to expensive for me. I can buy 3-4 cars for that price.
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Perpetual Motion?
Also, might it be possible to generate electricity at the outlets of community water towers that in turn would power the pumps that lift the water up into the tower?
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Yes, they are doing this as an experiment in a town in washington state. They have a few houses hooked up to the water towers in town and as the water goes through it. it generates electric.
they are also trying to see if it works in the dam.
they are also trying to see if it works in the dam.
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RE: Can wind power be used for running cars
I suppose it could be, if the wind's work was done while the car was parked, and the energy stored in a battery.
I bet someone, somewhere, is experimenting with it.
I bet someone, somewhere, is experimenting with it.
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Yes, just go to Chicago on a very windy day and you will actually see cars get blown across the road because of the wind.
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RE: Maybe you could
I think theoritically you could run a car on Wind power, but there are much better green technologies out there, like solar, electric, hydrogen power cars. Which don't rely on diesel or petrol for power.
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