[TexasGator]

“I actually had a greenie say we should put windmills on cars to power them.”

Back in 1977 a nuclear engineering magazine ran a satire on its inside back page. It did this every month.

In one issue, it focused on the use of windmills on cars.

I remember because that was my senior year in college and I had gone to a meeting of one of the anti-nuclear alliances. In that meeting they were so excited when one of the members started reading from the article ... till I pointed out that it was satire.

[mountainlion]

There are some ships that use “windmills” so that they can move directly into the wind and not have to track in the wind. They are at a standstill with no wind just like sails.

[cicero2k]

Back in 1977 a nuclear engineering magazine ran a satire on its inside back page. It did this every month. In one issue, it focused on the use of windmills on cars. I remember because that was my senior year in college and I had gone to a meeting of one of the anti-nuclear alliances. In that meeting they were so excited when one of the members started reading from the article ... till I pointed out that it was satire.

I remember those cartoons on the last page of Nuclear Engineering magazines.

They were produced by Matt Groenig who went on to produce the Simpsons empire. It explains whay Bart was a nuke plant operator.