Comments on: Harvesting Energy From Bumps In The Road

By: alex_buzatu

alex_buzatu — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:17:51 +0000

I agree with Tom. A dollar saved is a dollar earned Kristo. Especially these days…

By: Kristo

Kristo — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:22:57 +0000

Yes, not arguing with that. Just wanted to say that the thing doesn’t “harvest energy”. Just saves.

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:59:07 +0000

A dollar saved is a dollar earned Kristo.

By: Kristo

Kristo — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:29:30 +0000

Mostly due to misleading writing, I would like to stress that the absorbers do not really Harvest energy. Not in a way that you can load your batteries for free by driving on bad roads(that’s what the text head tells me).
All the energy comes(as usual) from the potential energy of the car, so I would call this saving a little energy.

To those interested but without physics background: The car uses the equal amount of energy(fuel) to climb on a bump as it releases when falling off it.

By: Francisco A Roque

Francisco A Roque — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:32:12 +0000

If someone just resuscitate the 30’s 200 MPG carburetor, maybe implemented on todays fuel injected systems, we will be more than ok. I do not like the idea of making fuel from corn, come on……corn is like rice, the food of the gods. Look at Tata motors using compressed air, come on America, think.

Francisco

By: Gene Upp

Gene Upp — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:40:42 +0000

– Why is there no generation of electric energy produced at the spinning hubs of big trucks?
– The weight of the trucks would negate any drag they would have, especially if it was set up to operate on any grade that was down hill .
– Just think 2 rear wheels per side on the truck and 2 wheels per side on the trailer, that’s 8 places alternators could be built in. Seems to me thats a lot of power potential, and the trucks are using fuel down hill anyway.