Renewable energy

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Mon 23 Jun 2008 18:48
Renewable energy - skorpio
Read in a science mag recently that scientists have the ability to make buildings with floors sandwiched with some electricity generating technodooberry stuff that creates a charge with movement. It was claimed the footfalls of thousands of employees walking through the foyer of a building could generate enough elastictrickery to power the lights etc. The same could be done for shopping malls etc.

What if the same stuff was applied to a motorcar. i.e the slightist movement of panels, or floorpan generated sufficient charge to top up batteries. maybe a generator could be combined with the wheels spinning or the suspension working, so that each time a bump was hit, a charge is created and stored. You'd never run out of juice in London with all those speed humps!
Anyone else got any ideas on saving planet Erf whilst still being able to enjoy the freedom of a car?
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Mon 23 Jun 2008 18:56
Renewable energy - welshlad
it only works with buildings because of the space needed for enough of the equipment to be in place to be benificial, a car just simply isnt big enough.

static to kinetic conversion requires a certain amount of movement to create a charge with the floors its all based on guassian ripple theory
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Mon 23 Jun 2008 19:10
Renewable energy - Alby Back
guassian ripple



Had one of those once. Made a nice change from vanilla.
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Mon 23 Jun 2008 19:12
Renewable energy - Lud
>>. i.e the slightist movement of
panels or floorpan generated sufficient charge to top up batteries.


It does, they do. Especially where different metals are contiguous in the presence of moisture and road salt. Makes a little battery whose only effect is to accelerate and worsen corrosion. Ask any one with an old aluminium-panelled car.
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