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Originally Posted by arsenal
So why couldn't you do essentially the same thing with small turbines powered by the air forced into them via hood scoop or side intakes into electricity?
This isn't breaking any laws of thermodynamics. It's taking currently working technology and applying it in a different fashion.
And where did I say that the energy produced from this would be equal to or greater than energy used to produce it?
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The difference here is when you are capturing that extra energy. If you do it via engine braking, you are doing it when you WANT to slow down. If you do it via wind, you are increasing drag and slowing during a time you don't want to. It's more efficient to go the other route.