Martin wrote:
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:53:54 +0100, "David Hill"
wrote:

Franz asked "..... Why not mount windmills directly on every
car?
....."

No he didn't I did and it was supposed to be a joke.


Why bother when most cars have their alternators doing nothing
most
of their journey, they could be used to charge up a 2nd battery,

which would increase fuel consumption.

If you think of how
much potential electricity could be produced each day from our
traffic, cars and lories etc, it would add up to a lot, and with
no
extra fuel used.

It would use extra fuel. When an alternator is charging it does
more
work.

I'm warming to this theme. Roads in future will all be made of rows
and rows of rollers driving generators. Hell, why stop at roads?
Footpaths, too, since every little helps. Around the house, we'll all
use special roller-skates charging battery packs slung on our backs;
every night at bedtime, we take off the batteries, and plug them into
a special socket, from which they'll power the off-peak
water-heating, dishwasher, and washing machine. If this doesn't get
me a knighthood, there's no justice in life.

Now, about gas...

Mike.