Kites, cars, and generators

Once again, it’s time for a trifecta of trivia.

First, we have the lovely kite flying of Ray Bethell, the kind of kite flying I don’t even deserve to wish I could do, given how little effort I’ve put into flying kites in the course of my lifetime.

Second, an Arizona woman who clearly needs a civics refresher, particularly on how that electoral college works.  In frustration over Romney’s loss, she ran over her husband for not voting – even though Romney carried Arizona.  It’s not known if she drove a Civic in this incident.

Finally, we have four Nigerian teens who have developed a way to convert electricity and urine into hydrogen gas for a generator.  Though that sounds like a silly wannabe perpetuum mobile, its advantage would be to store energy from an unreliable source (wind, sun) in a pressurized container.  (The site is temporarily unavailable as I write, probably because several news platforms have linked to it.)

 

4 thoughts on “Kites, cars, and generators

  1. cjf

    I think that’s Vancouver! Not far from where I lived there… The user name is a giveaway if you know Vancouver.

    Great kite flying!

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  2. thduggie Post author

    Well spotted! One of the commenters asks and the uploader confirms that it’s Vancouver. I hadn’t recognized it (either from my brief visit or from the user name), but it looked vaguely familiar.

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