Add mini windmills to the grills of E-Cars. by The Red Mages

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Nathan Land Feb 4, 2014 08:36 Member 1 \| Share via:	Proposal contributor http://www.wired.com/design/2014/01/mini-windmills-power-iphone/?cid=17794174
James Tyrer Feb 5, 2014 01:34 Member 2 \| Share via:	This is called a perpetual motion machine.
Ollie Danner Feb 19, 2014 01:49 Member 3 \| Share via:	Love it. I've thought about this for years. Between the mini windmills and solar panels, cars can put power back on the grid. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle-to-grid
Tom Morris May 5, 2014 02:47 Member 4 \| Share via:	nope, Increased drag means more energy is expended pushing than can be recovered by turbines.
Paul Wolfram May 15, 2014 05:38 Fellow 5 \| Share via:	There is another proposal with the same idea in this contest section: "Harnessing the energy of the wind generated as we drive through the atmosphere ." Unfortunately, this idea is facing the same problem that you have: the energy that your car can extract from the wind mills attached is just as big as the additional drag the wind mills cause.