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A sailboat is hardly a perpetual motion machine. That is just physics at work. Ever see an ice boat sail into the wind? The faster it goes the more it has to fall off the wind because as the boat picks up speed the apparent wind moves forward and the sail loses efficiency.
A wind turbine driving the wheels of a car directly into the wind is not sailing, it is transferring the power of the wind to the wheels. That is not perpetual motion either.9 kW solar, 42kWh LFP storage. EV owner since 2012Comment
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Originally posted by Ampster View PostA sailboat is hardly a perpetual motion machine. That is just physics at work. Ever see an ice boat sail into the wind? The faster it goes the more it has to fall off the wind because as the boat picks up speed the apparent wind moves forward and the sail loses efficiency.
A wind turbine driving the wheels of a car directly into the wind is not sailing, it is transferring the power of the wind to the wheels. That is not perpetual motion either.Comment
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