Comments on: A Fun, Friendly Version of Ouroboros – Garbage Truck Feeds Itself http://outsidetheherd.com/2009/02/28/132/ Trendspotting innovations and disruptions from an outsider's perspective Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:11:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: FN http://outsidetheherd.com/2009/02/28/132/#comment-53 Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:54:12 +0000 http://outsidetheherd.com/?p=132#comment-53 Dude, first law!

I’ll never forget this. When I was working on the solar car team at Michigan I got a letter in the mail from some guy (complete with drawings) of an electric powered car with fans mounted all over the thing. The letter writer explained to me that the wind would spin the fans which would turn a generator that charged the electric car’s batteries. Voila! Perpetual motion!

]]> By: JHE http://outsidetheherd.com/2009/02/28/132/#comment-52 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:48:56 +0000 http://outsidetheherd.com/?p=132#comment-52 Same basic idea….

http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/07/02/mcdonalds-will-make-biodiesel-from-its-own-waste-grease-for-tru/

]]> By: edaciuk http://outsidetheherd.com/2009/02/28/132/#comment-50 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 15:04:59 +0000 http://outsidetheherd.com/?p=132#comment-50 No, no. The key is introducing new energy to the system. In England garbage is additional energy. In the tanning booth it’s the person being cooked. Assume X percent of the system energy is captured by thermal panels on the tanning bed converting heat back to electricity. Additional energy can be derived by the sweat evaporating from the chicken, I mean person. Think inverted nano hydrodam. There’s also the possibility of piezoelectric converters in the tanning bed driven by the dance moves of the chicken, I mean person, dancing to the driving beats of 50 cent.

]]> By: FN http://outsidetheherd.com/2009/02/28/132/#comment-49 Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:13:16 +0000 http://outsidetheherd.com/?p=132#comment-49 Um, (re: suntan thing) four words: first law of thermodynamics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_law_of_thermodynamics

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