Tesla on a treadmill

[RipVanFinkle]

Here me out. Why can’t they build a giant treadmill that could be in a downward sloping position to put a car on so that gravity pulls it downward and regenerative braking kicks in and the car doesn’t roll off the treadmill and continuously recharges the battery?

Free energy. You’re welcome.

I’m calling that InventHelp place I see on TV and I’m getting my patent. Toodaloo, suckers!

 

[kodenco]

Someone doesn’t understand Newton’s third law haha.

 

[cgell]

Yeah, but you’re forgetting that you can’t make it because “the elites” won’t let you… so they can charge you for more electricity. Otherwise all EVs would have alternators on each wheel that fully recharge the battery as you drive.

Yes, I am joking, but someone on Instagram actually gave this explanation. When I mentioned that it’s not a thing because it’s impossible and explained why, their reponse was “yeah, but how do you KNOW?”

 

[valaeyron]

Someone doesn’t understand Newton’s third law haha.

It can be broken for 3 easy payments of $19.99 late at night…

 

[DanTeSX]

What a dumb thread.

 

[Shelburne]

Wow! A perpetual motion machine at last!

 

[Billee]

Or a windmill on the front of the car that is powered by the airflow when driving. It is attached to a generator which charges the battery.

 

[RipVanFinkle]

Or a windmill on the front of the car that is powered by the airflow when driving. It is attached to a generator which charges the battery.

PM sent.

 

[pnwadventures]

Or a windmill on the front of the car that is powered by the airflow when driving. It is attached to a generator which charges the battery.

 

[PianoAl]

I'm figuring out how to use one of these to charge my car.

 

[S&B's M3]

What a dumb thread.

Well, it does increase his post count. At 200 he gets a new locking gas cap

 

[cgell]

You’re all overthinking this. The car is electric - run an incandescent light bulb off of that. Now you have heat. Add a small water pump that drips onto it and now you have steam. A small turbine uses that steam to drive a generator. The generator produces more electricity. As a bonus you now have ambient lighting in your car. 100% efficient and safe. Simple.

 

[eman2021]

Three words....perpetual motion machine

 

[Knightshade]

 

[tone228]

Them edibles kicked in

 

[Shelburne]

A few years ago, during the Americas Cup races in San Francisco Bay, I seem to remember the commentators saying that the boats could go faster than the wind. It had something to do with the way their "sails" were shaped to actually speed up the wind as it pushed against the boats' sails. I know I'm being very vague on this, and I know it would appear to violate the laws of thermodynamics but I was wondering if anyone reading this can clarify what I remember from that Americas Cup race.

 

[GeoG]

Someone doesn’t understand Newton’s third law haha.

Is that the one where it says “The thrust of the breast against the bra is directly proportional to the square of the distance between the two nipples?”
Asking for a friend.

 

[rpiotro]

A few years ago, during the Americas Cup races in San Francisco Bay, I seem to remember the commentators saying that the boats could go faster than the wind. It had something to do with the way their "sails" were shaped to actually speed up the wind as it pushed against the boats' sails. I know I'm being very vague on this, and I know it would appear to violate the laws of thermodynamics but I was wondering if anyone reading this can clarify what I remember from that Americas Cup race.

Correct. When tacking you have wind coming at nearly right angles. This energy can be redirected by the sails to push the boat faster along. Of course. sailing downwind it is impossible to go faster than the wind. Or even close to the same speed. The laws of aerodynamics. Thermodynamics has nothing to do with it.

 

[RipVanFinkle]

Is that the one where it says “The thrust of the breast against the bra is directly proportional to the square of the distance between the two nipples?”
Asking for a friend.

The angle of the dangle is proportional to the price.

 

[GeoG]

The angle of the dangle is proportional to the price.

Missed that in school.