Re:Next Gen Wind Power Generator - Popular Mechanics 2007 Br...
by chengmi on Saturday October 13, 2007 @04:13PM
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1. This method wouldn't work in heavy traffic.
2. That "nearly constant 10mph breeze" is improving fuel efficiency for the cars behind you through reduced wind resistance.
3. A similar idea for generating power from traffic is through the use of speed bumps as power generators. But that doesn't work either. Here's an interesting article from wired: http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2001/06/44518
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