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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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