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Why do wind power plants have just 3 blades? [duplicate]
Why do wind power plants have just 3 blades? It seems that adding more blades would increase the area that interacts with the wind and gather more energy.
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Liquid oxygen how do they use it as fuel?
Rockets are said to be using liquid oxygen as fuel. How do they use liquid oxygen since it's just oxygen, it only helps in the combustion process. How can it be a fuel on its own?
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Inefficiency Comparison of Car Air Conditioning vs. Open Windows
On a recent long, hot journey in Spain, I was pondering which was the most efficient way of cooling the car. Which of these would be the most effective?
Switching on the air conditioning, thereby ...
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Practical personal aircraft today? [closed]
Is it possible to build, today, a personal aircraft that not use an impracticable amount of fuel for everyday use? What are the physical concepts that could be used to build it?
