grassytoes t1_jecawy4 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 11:37 PM

Reply to If I fits I sits by felmare101

There's a whole sub for this: r/CatsInSinks

grassytoes t1_jdvrtx5 wrote on March 27, 2023 at 3:42 PM

Reply to comment by GhostFish in Big Tech is making its stuff slower and stupider — on purpose by treetyoselfcarol

When I tried that exact search just now as a test, it wasn't even that bad. The top hits were articles by PCGamer, Tom's Hardware and other tech sites, with titles like "Best Gaming PCs in 2023". Sounds reasonable.

When I turned off ad-block, the top 3 were sponsored. Which is hardly "dominating" the page. So the article is overblowing the whole thing anyway.

grassytoes t1_it5ml1l wrote on October 21, 2022 at 2:36 AM

Reply to comment by Vtguy802812 in Aeromine says they have solved many of the problems that have long made domestic rooftop wind power compare poorly to solar panels. They claim their "motionless" rooftop wind generators deliver up to 50% more energy than a solar array of the same price while taking up just 10% of the roof space. by lughnasadh

Yes, it'd be cool, but it's not ever feasible. Not now, not with any future tech. It goes against the conservation of energy. If it worked, it would have to be a magical turbine that put out more energy than the kinetic energy it got from the wind.

The only reason regular wind turbines are useful is because the kinetic energy from natural wind is free. So we can convert a part of that to electrical energy. The car examples you gave use this free wind energy.

A turbine on the back of a car would be getting all of it's kinetic wind energy by slowing the car down and converting a portion of that lost energy to electricity.

grassytoes t1_it59uic wrote on October 21, 2022 at 1:02 AM

Reply to comment by Vtguy802812 in Aeromine says they have solved many of the problems that have long made domestic rooftop wind power compare poorly to solar panels. They claim their "motionless" rooftop wind generators deliver up to 50% more energy than a solar array of the same price while taking up just 10% of the roof space. by lughnasadh

But it's not recouping anything. Like they said, the energy you would lose from the drag is more than the energy you'd get out of it. Even if it were 100% efficient, all it would do is not slow you down.