This is interesting, and it should work, it be better be. A group of Israeli engineers had claim that they will commence with the prototype building of a 1KM stretch of road, where it will generate electricity merely with cars running over them, tiny piezoelectric crystals that were embedded into the roads will be 'pressed' and generate tiny electricity currents. For that 1KM stretch of roads, they can generate 400kw of electricity, which was said to be sufficient for running 8 electric cars for a typical day of driving. Interesting? DEFINITELY! From time to time, we'll have so called 'innovators' predicting how people will fly in the future, with flying cars, or automated highways etc etc, well we've been predicting those for the last 50 years, and flying cars are just impractical and stupid. As for these, if the cost could be kept low, with the tiny piezoelectric crystals able to be blended into the mixing content of road tarmacs, connected by lamp post grids, we would then have a very practical, ingenious solution to renewable energy.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Our cars to be powered by our roads in the near future?
This is interesting, and it should work, it be better be. A group of Israeli engineers had claim that they will commence with the prototype building of a 1KM stretch of road, where it will generate electricity merely with cars running over them, tiny piezoelectric crystals that were embedded into the roads will be 'pressed' and generate tiny electricity currents. For that 1KM stretch of roads, they can generate 400kw of electricity, which was said to be sufficient for running 8 electric cars for a typical day of driving. Interesting? DEFINITELY! From time to time, we'll have so called 'innovators' predicting how people will fly in the future, with flying cars, or automated highways etc etc, well we've been predicting those for the last 50 years, and flying cars are just impractical and stupid. As for these, if the cost could be kept low, with the tiny piezoelectric crystals able to be blended into the mixing content of road tarmacs, connected by lamp post grids, we would then have a very practical, ingenious solution to renewable energy.
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First of all, the very notion of Long stretching highway tat connects 2 distant places for the purpose of commuting, is a bad idea.
Just hope they can concentrate more of renewable energy applications on mass transport system such as the bullet train.
True. I absolutely agree with you. When connecting A and B with highway, you've not only distant C and D (imagine left and right of highway), but rendered land along the highways almost worthless except for advertising billboards. And a funneling of commuters on highway is bad for business. For countries with mass transport systems where transportation hubs are situated together with retail shops and malls, business thrive. Creating more local business opportunity rather than having the need to drive and travel for job opportunity.
Good point anonymous.
I hope no motorcyclist get burned when they stop for traffic light.
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