Friday, December 12, 2008

Transportation Update

And now electric vehicle technology has extended to the airplane. Here is a modified glider that not only can go 70 mph for 90 minutes for a total recharge cost of 70 CENTS, but when parked the propeller acts as a windmill to recharge the battery!

http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/2353/69/
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