# Attaching a wind turbine to an Automobile?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attaching-a-wind-turbine-to-an-automobile/636757>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 5, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attaching-a-wind-turbine-to-an-automobile/636757 "2012-10-05T00:46:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![CableCutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/35a633/32.png) [@CableCutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CableCutter)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attaching-a-wind-turbine-to-an-automobile/636757/81 "2012-10-10T09:14:17Z")

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> [@fumster](#):
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> Thanks, that was a great video. It really made it clear.

This one here is simpler and you can see the gears better, so it is even clearer:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/dvyii6QBLtw/hqdefault.jpg "ROLLING GEAR : PHYSICS QUIZ QUESTION") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyii6QBLtw)

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attaching-a-wind-turbine-to-an-automobile/636757/82 "2012-10-10T15:58:42Z")

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> [@CableCutter](#):
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> This one here is simpler and you can see the gears better, so it is even clearer:
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> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyii6QBLtw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvyii6QBLtw)

Indeed, although it’s not necessarily so clear that the gear moves faster than the rack driving it.

Anyway, does this help to resolve your questions?

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