• Rednax@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This man has a point. It would be much more effective if the wind is always blowing into the turbines. That sounds impossible, but you could simply place the turbine on a car. Whenever driving, there is lots of wind, and it always comes from the front of the car (unless you put the car in reverse, but that is not a state that the car is in for a long time).

    /s (although I have had to genuinly explain to people why this does not charge the battery of an electric vehicle).

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      1 year ago

      This is how we know the earth is flat. If it’s round, the earth would spin and the turbines would catch the wind and spin. I’ve tested this extensively by holding pinwheels while spinning in a roller chair until I blow chunks. Since the turbines stop sometimes, it’s clearly a spirit on the edge of the map, blowing until he takes another breath.

      I’m telling you, everything about my theory blows.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I saw a “job” posting for an engineer to develop that technology for someone. They were quite clear that they needed an out of the box thinker type, which made me wonder how many times this was explained to them.

      I think about that posting sometimes and worry that he will just try it and the turbine will just fly off on the highway into the car behind his.