Does anybody run the numbers on these things?
Friday, 4 February 2011
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Does anybody run the numbers on these things?
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Does anybody run the numbers on these things?
Does anybody run the numbers on these things?
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But, but, all us peons' are going to be on mass transit! Ray LaHood says so! So who's going to be driving anywhere?
But that, like reality in general, doesn't matter. To the enviros, this thing "looks good", and it's "appropriate technology". With those two cachets', it doesn't matter if it will actually work, and if it won't pay for itself, so much the better- that means taxpayer subsidies from here to eternity. ("Taking money from bad people and doing good with it", in their Robin Hoodish estimation. And they get to play with the money, of course.)
However, it won't last. Those rotating green things are probably going to be made of plastic, and will prove an irresistible target for gangboys with hot cars and baseball bats. I anticipate regular major-component replacement costs being the single biggest expense of the system.
cheers
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Prayer wheels for Blessed Gaia? I am not Buddhist, but it seems to me that bringing one's mind in line with that of the Buddha connects to something deeper.
See, I think the problem is that it appears to make sense if you just look at it, and don't use that much logic. I mean, it made sense to me. (Okay, it helps if you're a bit thick as well)
Wasn't this invented/designed/patented by a professional basketball player?
Not kidding.
I just can't remember who.
Did the designer at least have someone calculate the efficiency of his rotor blades or did he just design them to look nice?
No wait… don't answer that :(
jayessell, I think I saw something like that in a german magazine (PM Magazin for those keeping count) sometime in the 90ies.
The only difference is the number of blades, the color and that the blades of the old design were supposed to swing into a neutral position if the wind became too strong.
This thingy is called Flettner Rotor. It was invented in 1922, and it employs the Magnus effect to capture kinetic energy and translate the linear energy of wind or airstream into rotational energy of the axis. [E.g. to run an electric generator.]
Despite the outlandish appearance, that thingy actually does work.
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