Good old kiwi ingenuity aye!
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Judder bars: Turning cars into energy generators
Judder bars: Turning cars into energy generators
This idea is pretty cool I recon.
Good old kiwi ingenuity aye!
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Re: Judder bars: Turning cars into energy generators
yep bloody good Idea, well done lads.
Re: Judder bars: Turning cars into energy generators
indeed a great idea.
But the vehicles driving over it are providing the power.So all thats really happening is a transfer of power from the engine to the wheels to the tubes to the water to the power generator.The car will use more fuel to crush the tube & climb out of the hole they are fitted in.The fuel consumption iof the vehicels will go up ever so slightly.
In the world of power generation you never actually "create" energy you just change the form in which its in.
But the vehicles driving over it are providing the power.So all thats really happening is a transfer of power from the engine to the wheels to the tubes to the water to the power generator.The car will use more fuel to crush the tube & climb out of the hole they are fitted in.The fuel consumption iof the vehicels will go up ever so slightly.
In the world of power generation you never actually "create" energy you just change the form in which its in.
Re: Judder bars: Turning cars into energy generators
tallsam66 wrote:indeed a great idea.
But the vehicles driving over it are providing the power.So all thats really happening is a transfer of power from the engine to the wheels to the tubes to the water to the power generator.The car will use more fuel to crush the tube & climb out of the hole they are fitted in.The fuel consumption iof the vehicels will go up ever so slightly.
In the world of power generation you never actually "create" energy you just change the form in which its in.
I think they've already thought of your point. And it is a good point you're making.
You'll hear the inventor say that the energy is lost, "when braking". Why not use that energy to create energy.
Think about it.
I still think this idea is a winner. Lets see what happens.
Re: Judder bars: Turning cars into energy generators
Another example of simple ideas being belittled in our own country by the "intellegencia" who usually have an interest in the current thinking or status quo (no, not the band 
). 
EG.
A power station that was fed the refuse from a local district was designed years ago in NZ but no-one wanted it and the greenies poo pooed the idea as unsound. Basically rubbish traveled a short distance, was burned and exhaust gasses scrubbed by the gasses given off as the rubbish was dried which all produded power. the resulting leftovers were then sifted with the reusable stuff removed and the tiny amount of inert ash etc placed in landfill. The designer took it off shore and has built about 19 of them now, mainly in Aussie, but some in USA - California (yes thats right the clean air capitol of the world). It seems his ideas did work and now we cant benefit from them as we cant afford them.
How many of these little gems are washed off shore because we dont think it will work? We kiwi's think too small when it comes to big ideas, or maybe its the naysayers and tall poppy hunters that cut us all back down to size.
Who's funding the martin jet pack now? Bet it isnt a kiwi company opening their wallet.
). EG.
A power station that was fed the refuse from a local district was designed years ago in NZ but no-one wanted it and the greenies poo pooed the idea as unsound. Basically rubbish traveled a short distance, was burned and exhaust gasses scrubbed by the gasses given off as the rubbish was dried which all produded power. the resulting leftovers were then sifted with the reusable stuff removed and the tiny amount of inert ash etc placed in landfill. The designer took it off shore and has built about 19 of them now, mainly in Aussie, but some in USA - California (yes thats right the clean air capitol of the world). It seems his ideas did work and now we cant benefit from them as we cant afford them.
How many of these little gems are washed off shore because we dont think it will work? We kiwi's think too small when it comes to big ideas, or maybe its the naysayers and tall poppy hunters that cut us all back down to size.
Who's funding the martin jet pack now? Bet it isnt a kiwi company opening their wallet.