One California Assemblyman is proposing legislation that would create a pilot program designed to capture those vibrations by putting piezoelectrics under roads. [PsyOrg]
One California Assemblyman is proposing legislation that would create a pilot program designed to capture those vibrations by putting piezoelectrics under roads. [PsyOrg]
matt
Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 10:56 PMhmm…
that just seems like fiddling really…
now THIS I would be real interested to see the cost / benefit analysis of… I would think putting the money into other green power generation or battery research would yield better bang for buck…
“This system, know as piezoelectric generation, has the potential to add significantly to the power supply, if the system were implemented on a larger scale. A potential test patch, a one mile stretch of a two lane highway, would be able to create enough new electricity to power roughly 500 homes for an entire year, or give juice to 120 electrical vehicles each day. Not to mention the powering of street lights and traffic signals.”
hmm, maybe it’s worth it?