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Old 05-01-2011, 07:03 PM   #16 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dday View Post
How much energy we could get, that is the question.
None.
You cause extra drag by having the cooling air also power a turbine.
The engine will have to work harder to overcome this extra drag.

If not, we'd all be driving around with windmills on our cars.


Drag is a net energy loss.
Perpetuum Mobiles don't exist.
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