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Old 11-02-2015, 07:11 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
Combined,for every 746-Watts of power extracted,you'd have to overcome 964-Watts of drag for the turbine alone...
Not so - see the link I posted. Under the right conditions, you can extract more energy from the wind that it takes to propel the vehicle. Of course that's actual wind, not relative, so it doesn't work in calm conditions. Otherwise, how's it logically different than powering a car hooked to a stationary wind turbine?
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