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2024-04-25 10:47:40 UTC - HELPFUL
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Roadside wind turbines extract energy from passing vehicles, increasing their energy consumption. Due to inefficiencies in kinetic energy transfer, the electricity generated is less than the additional energy expended by the vehicles, making it an impractical approach. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_law_of_thermodynamics https://engineering.stackexchange.com/questions/55362/do-wind-turbines-placed-on-the-sides-of-roads-powered-by-vehicles-traversing-th
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