Comments on: Supermarket to be powered by cars in parking lot

By: Luke

Luke — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:49:45 +0000

Very interesting indeed! I love these green inventions, soon everything will be running on “man made” electricity… looking forward to that! I bet sainsbury’s gonna get a good reputation in the future!

By: hardtochoose

hardtochoose — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:13:43 +0000

this was something very interesting to read about. i like this idea alot and think its the best to of ever been thought about, but! why should it be us the ones who have to put in the effort for places to run? these places will only make plus profit from selling and by not paying electricity and they couldnt care less. they already have prices on what they sell rising and making big time profit, with this idea they will make heapssss more.

By: energyisn'tfree

energyisn'tfree — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:15:23 +0000

actually, unamedOne is right… to the person that said “it’s just using gravity” that’s not entirely the case. For it to push down a hydraulic pump, your car first has to use the energy to get on top of it, meaning it would indeed slow your car down causing you to give it more gas. Energy doesn’t magically appear. This energy is made from the gas you put in your car. While its not a lot of energy, it does add up and if a lot of businesses were using this model, then it would amount to more gas use.

By: Linda Mirano

Linda Mirano — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:27:18 +0000

I think this is a brilliant idea even if I pay for my gas. Somewhere it will benefit to all of us by producing green energy.

By: Vans

Vans — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:01:58 +0000

Actually the parking lot thing sounds like a really cool idea. I wonder if the cost of installing the units pays for itself quickly or not? In Nevada they built a Solar Farm that will save $1 million a year, but it cost $100 million to build. I also read of a case where a company got in trouble for collecting rain water because there was some goofy local law that said it was illegal to do it. Something about it interfering with water rights. It was a weird case.

By: No-Fault Insurance

No-Fault Insurance — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:02:20 +0000

Smart guy. That technology will really reduce wastes and increase efficience. Thanks to the offer.