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Ramp Creates Power As Cars Pass

Posted by Zonk on from the rolling-rolling-rolling dept.

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."

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  1. It gets worse by tkdog · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's not even the bad part. Those damn government bastards have installed "friction" all over the place and it is WARMING THE PLANET. It's a plot I tell you, a plot.

  2. Next, the toll to enter the turnpike... by craXORjack · · Score: 5, Funny

    You'll have to drive your car on a giant hamster wheel attached to a generator for two minutes.

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    Liberals call everyone Nazis yet they are the closest thing to it.
  3. Re:Yes and no by one9nine · · 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.

  4. Re:how about if they only pop up by ryanvm · · Score: 5, Funny

    But those of us with hybrid cars are already reclaiming that energy...

    Hmmm. Maybe they could design a ramp that's powered by your own sense of self satifaction...