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English Market Produces Energy With Kinetic Plates

Posted by samzenpus on from the parking-power dept.

Johnathan Martinez writes "Sainsbury's market in England has installed 'kinetic energy' plates in the parking lot of its store in Gloucester. The plates are an experiment with a newer energy producing technology. The plates create as much as 30 kWh of energy as cars drive over them. The weight of the cars puts pressure on the plates creating kinetic energy to run a generator. The current is used to power the store and will lower the energy consumption of the market."

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  1. If I had an electric car by MichaelSmith · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...I could put these in my driveway, use it to charge the car and never have to buy energy again!

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  2. Re:Supermarket, doofus by BigZee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Quiet true. And it also doesn't have a parking lot either, it has a car park.

  3. Re:useful energy is not free by siloko · · Score: 4, Funny

    Say your car weighs 2 tons

    Say that as loud as you want sunshine but the average car weight over here (Europe) is 1175 Kg, compared to 2000 Kg in the US. Of course this only adds weight to your argument . . .

    Sometimes I even crack myself up.