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Wind-powered car breaks record
news.bbc.co ^
| 27 March 2009
Posted on 03/28/2009 12:59:02 PM PDT by JoeProBono
A British engineer from Hampshire has broken the world land speed record for a wind-powered vehicle. Richard Jenkins reached 126.1mph (202.9km/h) in his Greenbird car on the dry plains of Ivanpah Lake in Nevada.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: car; wind
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Wind powered Greenbird reached speeds of 126.1 mph
To: JoeProBono
But did it also break wind?
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
But will it also carry six kids and all their baseball equipment?
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:03:12 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: JoeProBono
That's right around terminal velocity in the spread position.
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:03:31 PM PDT
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: JoeProBono
Curious...our wind powered Congress and Senate are breaking records as well;
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:05:30 PM PDT
by
areukiddingme1
(areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
To: Paleo Conservative
..breaking news = breaking wind..
This is the perfect metaphor.
All the presstitutes are dumb as whores anyway, so they might very well think this is the way of the future.
No that there much dumber than the "smart" labcoats who promised flying cars from the cover of Popular Science so many decades ago.
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:06:37 PM PDT
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: JoeProBono
The last two storms that rolled through here last week had some industrial strength, heavy duty winds. A lot of the shingles on my roof also broke records as they flew off towards New Mexico.
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:08:27 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Mom always said, "Never just anyone whose name can't be spelled backwards." Like Soros.)
To: JoeProBono
What was his Speed AGAINST the Wind ?
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:08:47 PM PDT
by
4Speed
To: Paleo Conservative
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:08:48 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
There's always something about 'break' and 'wind' in the same sentence that brings out the kid in me.
To: Goldsborough
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:13:26 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: gorush
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:16:58 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
My car makes a great breaking wind sound when I raise the rear power window. My nephews love it. Batman has the Batmobile. The X-Men have the Blackbird. I have “The Mighty Wind”.
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:33:08 PM PDT
by
LiberConservative
("Get your gun and bring in the cat")
To: JoeProBono
Obama can shove this idiot-mobile right up his ASS! ‘Efing Socialist!
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posted on
03/28/2009 1:35:14 PM PDT
by
gathersnomoss
(General George Patton had it right.)
To: JoeProBono
When I read the headline, I immediately wondered, "How many cans of beans?"
Having got that out of my system, I am impressed by the technology but it is hard to apply to my going to work on the interstate.
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posted on
03/28/2009 2:10:43 PM PDT
by
SES1066
(Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/28/2009 2:13:14 PM PDT
by
VA Voter
To: VA Voter
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posted on
03/28/2009 2:17:47 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/28/2009 2:26:48 PM PDT
by
Sundog
(The founding fathers understood what would happen when all three branches of government failed.)
To: Sundog
Uber COOL!! Thx.
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posted on
03/28/2009 2:29:40 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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