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Whatever happened to energy-generating pavements?
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Whatever happened to those energy-generating pavements? The ones where each footstep was supposed to generate enough energy to run street lights and stuff.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The jury seems to be out on whether they actually 'work' when environmental, social and economic consderations are taken into account. Shopping centres (Westfield reputedly placed an order last year) seem the most likely venues for the product I.e. where they don't have to be dug up and re laid, as most town centre pavements do.
I remember a gushing technology article outlining how these would be installed at supermarket checkouts and customer footfall would provide enough power to run the tills. Another example was car parks where cars driving over a plate would power the lights and ticket machines.
The future is so disappointing.
The future is so disappointing.
I recall in the '60s my A level Physics teacher told us that it would be possible in the near future to harness the energy of golf swings to produce enough energy to feed the national grid. Subsequently, I included this in a piece of work on new energy forms. He met me on the corridor and pointed out that the lesson had been on 1st April!!!!!!!!!! Never let me forget it
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