DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWind/solar motorcycle looks like an April Fools' joke ... but it's legitnewatlas.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11cross-posted to: energy@slrpnk.nethardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up114arrow-down1external-linkWind/solar motorcycle looks like an April Fools' joke ... but it's legitnewatlas.comDudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works to micromobility - Bikes, scooters, boards: Whatever floats your goat, this is micromobility@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square6linkfedilinkcross-posted to: energy@slrpnk.nethardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareHawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoAh yes because a wind generator is magic. (It would work if the bike is stationary or in some conditions if the wind direction is right relative to the bike direction.) But probably it loses more in drag than it gains in generation, except when the bike is stopped
minus-squareWild_Mastic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoYeah I meant while in motion. Otherwise airplanes with propellers wouldn’t need fuel.
Ah yes because a wind generator is magic.
(It would work if the bike is stationary or in some conditions if the wind direction is right relative to the bike direction.)
But probably it loses more in drag than it gains in generation, except when the bike is stopped
Yeah I meant while in motion. Otherwise airplanes with propellers wouldn’t need fuel.