What if the interstate wind turbines were upright and along the sides of the roads? It would us less material to build and multiple turbines could be place back to back along sections of heavy, high flowing traffic. This design may also call for them to be flexible in cases of vehicles wrecking in order to say the turbines from more intense damage.
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