alt Hacker NewsHow about hurricane-chasing drone ships full of turbines?
Kill two bird with one stone! Sap hurricane energy and turn it into renewable energy.
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elric • last Wednesday at 7:13 AM
Where does the energy go in this case? The ships would have to be pretty large to have any kind of impact. Should they extract CO2 from the air using the generated power?
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To move forward in wind/hurricane the propellers/turbine wings need to move faster than they currently are with the wind. Basically more energy is required to chase the wind. Unless the ship drops and settles inside the hurricane, it won't work.