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Chinese farmer invents 'wind-powered' car
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| 5-16-12
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Posted on 05/18/2012 5:15:42 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
BANJIEHE, China -- A Chinese farmer has invented a wind-powered, electric car that he says could save his country from the pollution caused by its rapidly growing car market.
An hour from downtown Beijing, the dusty village of Banjiehe looks an unlikely place to produce scientific innovation. Its rows of brick, utilitarian houses are surrounded by cornfields and fruit trees.
But in a small tractor workshop, 55-year-old farmer Tang Zhenping has invented the prototype of a car that he believes could revolutionize China's auto industry.
Tang's model -- built in just three months for around US$1,600 -- is electric
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: car; china; wind
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I would think a rich guy like Algore would give him millions to spread his prototype's wild success.
To: TurboZamboni
This could bring the word “becalmed” back into the common-usage lexicon...
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:21:16 AM PDT
by
Uncle Ike
(Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
To: TurboZamboni
I think this fella is on to something
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:21:54 AM PDT
by
yldstrk
( My heroes have always been cowboys)
To: TurboZamboni
Thsi looks like a scam they would sell on a late-night info-mercial, like Extenz.
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:22:53 AM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(Romney is a liberal. Just watch him closely try to screw us.)
To: TurboZamboni; Red Badger
Paging Red Badger.....paging Red Badger
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:23:41 AM PDT
by
norwaypinesavage
(Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
To: TurboZamboni
These people ride bicycles. This is a step up??
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:29:41 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: TurboZamboni
Why not just retrofit a sail on all US cars? Obama could make it mandatory & mandate union wages to upgrade...
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:30:14 AM PDT
by
bill1952
(Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:31:44 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:32:21 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(You can call me Snippy the Anti-Freeper)
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:32:51 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:33:39 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: TurboZamboni
Wind powered car should be called the Haywood.
As in, Haywood Jablowme.
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:33:54 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:34:16 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:34:56 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag? Seriously? You're that dense?)
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:35:07 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: frithguild
No AC, no windshield wipers, no inconvenient safety laws to follow...
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:35:17 AM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:38:01 AM PDT
by
A. Morgan
(Ayn Rand: "You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Looks like a “Red Green Show” creation.
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:39:29 AM PDT
by
ZX12R
(FUBO GTFO 2012 !)
To: TurboZamboni
As usual you just can’t believe a headline. This car is battery powered.
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posted on
05/18/2012 5:40:53 AM PDT
by
csmusaret
(Obama's new slogan: "Fo Mo Mo Fo.")
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