Ramp Creates Power As Cars Pass 426
Ant wrote to mention a BBC News report on a ramp that generates power via passing cars. From the article: "Dorset inventor Peter Hughes' Electro-Kinetic Road Ramp creates around 10kW of power each time a car drives over its metal plates. More than 200 local authorities had expressed an interest in ordering the £25,000 ramps to power their traffic lights and road signs, Mr Hughes said."
Ramp up (Score:2, Funny)
It gets worse (Score:5, Funny)
Next, the toll to enter the turnpike... (Score:5, Funny)
Thank you, Sir Isaac Clueless (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Great idea! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Yes and no (Score:5, Funny)
Naturally this is leaving aside the question of whether speed humps are worthwhile or not.
Depends on how drunk you are and how ugly she is.
Re:how about if they only pop up (Score:5, Funny)
Hmmm. Maybe they could design a ramp that's powered by your own sense of self satifaction...
Simpsons (Score:2, Funny)
This is THE dumbest idea I've ever seen... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Great idea! (Score:3, Funny)
Are these guys working on a perpetual motion machine also?
Re:Is it safe for motorcycles? (Score:2, Funny)
If they can capture the sonic energy as you scream when you're catapulted into the air by the non-yielding (to a mere 260 kg) bump, quite a bit... Damn, imagine body-surfing across a stretch of those things after laying the bike down!
Re:Great idea! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Gas powered ramp??? (Score:3, Funny)
Now we actually can have traffic lights that always turn red as you approach. Or, at least, more of them.......
Re:Great idea! (Score:2, Funny)
Like, I don't know, traffic lights? I mean, I only read the summary, so I don't know the whole story, but...
Re:Great idea! (Score:2, Funny)
I've always wondered why they didn't add generators to revolving doors and turnstiles. Hmmph, jogging paths with powergenerating turnstiles lined up like New Jersey tollway stations, anyone?
Re:Thanks (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Thanks (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Power vs. Energy (Score:3, Funny)
Where do you live? Mexico?
Power has gone out two, maybe three times in 20 years here.