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Old 11-28-2008, 01:02 PM   #15 (permalink)
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ok, how about the ribbon wind generators, throw a couple of them in place of the grill slats, or at least in a high pressure area that will see not a ton of flow. all these take is a little wind to move, and the differentiating pressure instead of windspeed of the grill would get them vibrating nicely I think, with no aero drag induced, possibly even help with that. or throw them along the bottom, specifically after the dirty air of the tires or such, no real drag penalty, but plenty of turbulance to vibrate those nicely.

now combine that with the shock absorber/generators, and you could extend your range really far. they dont really have to provide all that much power, any would help since it would always be there is the car or wind is moving, which, well, at least around here, always is.
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