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|    Message 282 of 3,261    |
|    Larry Sheldon to Glen Labah    |
|    Re: Lac-Megantic TSB (Canada) report    |
|    11 May 14 00:27:12    |
   
   From: lfsheldon@gmail.com   
      
   On 5/11/2014 12:17 AM, Glen Labah wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > Larry Sheldon wrote:   
   >   
   >> Ahh the air from the pipe drives the turbine! Of course. (I've been   
   >> reading the greenie bullshit to much--I was picturing some kind of a   
   >> windmill in the slipstream!)   
   >   
   >   
   > I suppose such a thing might work. They are fairly common on   
   > recreational boats around here. However, such a thing would be awfully   
   > cumbersome to carry from car to car.   
   >   
      
   I suspect the ones on boats are called "anemometers" and tell the crew   
   what the relative wind-speed is.   
      
      
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