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New Jersey Turnpike As a Power Source?

Posted by kdawson on from the woke-up-this-morning-got-myself-a-generator dept.

New Jersites writes "New Jersey, home of the eponymous Jersey barrier, is considering wind turbines powered by the breeze generated from traffic on the Jersey Turnpike. The wind turbines won't be built on the side of the highway. They will be built inside — what else? — the Jersey barriers. By replacing sections of solid concrete with Darius turbines, they might be able to harvest enough energy to power a light-rail line."

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  1. For F***s sake... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If they want power, why don't they just run a power station?

    Now that the CO2 scam has been exposed for the lie it is, I expect to see a boom in power station construction. Perhaps we'll get the free nuclear power we have been promised for the last 60 years?

  2. Typical socialist plan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So ok - my taxes and tolls go up so I can spend more money on fuel to drive windmills in new, hyperexpensive road barriers (that will be less effective anyway) to generate just barely enough energy to power another tax-funded boondoggle of a light rail that we'll have to shell out two bits to ride anyway?

    And this is to what - save the planet or something?

    What they should do is simply make all alternative energy expenses 100% tax-deductible. This, alas, will never happen - because A) it would work B) it doesn't give the government pigs a cut.