On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ep4L18zOEYI > > Solar / Smart roadways > > That is cool sh&t. > > Well chalk that up to creative wasteful spending ;-) This is way more realistic! http://www.gizmag.com/piezoelectric-road-harvests-traffic-energy-to-generate-electricity/10568/ Isreali engineers are about to begin testing a 100 metre stretch of roadway embedded with a network of Piezo Electric Generators (IPEG™). The piezoelectric effect converts mechanical strain into electrical current or voltage and the system is expected to scale up to 400 kilowatts from a 1-kilometre stretch of dual carriageway. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332295 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
