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Originally Posted by aerohead
The article I looked at was about a turbine-propulsed vehicle running downwind,which would not be germane to a discussion about a turbine generator on the front of an I.C.-powered car.
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Certainly it's germane. It is a working demonstration (and of the most extreme case) of the fact that you can extract energy from
absolute wind, even in instances where "common sense" suggests you shouldn't be able to. Thus a car with a turbine generator (and it's irrelevant whether it's on the front, back, or in the middle) could in principle extract energy in excess of the drag it adds, as long as you're driving in windy conditions.