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Old 12-14-2008, 07:51 PM   #9
shikataganai
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Originally Posted by Scrotus View Post
Sounds like a failure to understand conservation of energy. Where is the energy coming from? The cars driving over it. Great, power them with their own energy. How about instead of making the road take energy from cars to power cars, we improve the road surface so it doesn't draw the energy away from the car to begin with. Magic.
the energy is being used by the vehicles anyway and is currently just being dissipated as heat in the tires, brakes, and suspension. using this energy is a smart thing. fwiw i remember a wired (?) blurb about a bridge in japan using this technology earlier this year, so it's not the first installation.
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