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    Car Mounted Wind Turbine to Charge car while Driving

    when a vehicle has little drag your thoughts make ton of since. when your already driving a big brick down the road.... not sure it will make as much difference. Will toy with it at some point instead of just assuming all the principles your thinking of apply and not exploring if other...
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    Car Mounted Wind Turbine to Charge car while Driving

    Weight maybe.... Appears your not factoring in that that the wind generator is not stored" just re-oriented to a different position for power generating with driving winds.
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    Car Mounted Wind Turbine to Charge car while Driving

    Ah... interesting. Thank you. Then again if one is driving a Non-Aerodynamic Big Brick of a truck (Motorhome... or in my case an ex military vehicle) will this drag have much more significance in drag losses...... and dollar and cents loses .....than adding a compressor to the engine plus...
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    Car Mounted Wind Turbine to Charge car while Driving

    Great.... apparently you can't edit your messages after posting. reminder this is Wind generator lowered close to vehicle when driving but raised on post when parked. AC unit is portable and shared with each of the three (cab, camper or shop). Heck maybe even my house which is a 1954 Micro...
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    Car Mounted Wind Turbine to Charge car while Driving

    ok ok..... yes perpetual motion is not possible... SO WHAT..... does not mean that a wind generator on a vehicle has no place at all? Don't think so. For example.. Wind Generator to charge Battery to run AC system. Both but a drag on the vehicle. So does Alternator actually. In my case...