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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

On May 18, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Lynda wrote:

> O.K., all you mechanically/electrical engineering type/inclined  
> folks.  How
> come they can't use the wheels of a vehicle to generate electricity to
> replace the electricity used?  Kinda make the hubs the equivalent of  
> he-man
> sized alternator/generator type thingys?  Why is it that they have  
> to drive
> and then "fill up"?

That makes me think of the Wankel engine.

Lynda, the wheels have to turn before they can do anything. Only when  
gliding downhill do the wheels require no outside power to turn.