Comments on: Supermarket Parking Lot makes its own power

By: Davy

Davy — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:06:37 +0000

As far as the car having to put out more energy, don’t most larger supermarkets have speed bumps placed intermittently across the lot? So if this were to replace those concrete speed bumps, it wouldn’t use any more fossil fuels than already being expended (I theorize)

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:48:27 +0000

They should out implemented in the freeway to make more power. They could power the street lamps etc.

By: Fmk

Fmk — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:15:29 +0000

Quote: “Supermarket Parking Lot makes its own power … make energy from methods where energy goes to waste”

Nice business idea, however, energy is never “made”, it is converted from one form to another. In this case each car will contribute a little bit of energy by burning just a little bit more fuel (hopefully not fossil) to overcome resistance driving over the series of plates.
So, unfortunately it won’t do much for the planet and of course the customer pays the stores power bill.

By: CrankyAshley

CrankyAshley — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:18:17 +0000

I read an article yesterday about a gas (petrol, silly Brits) station in the UK that is actually doing this. They just implemented it. On top of that the station uses solar power to heat it’s water (100% of it in the summer) and rain water to flush it’s toilets.

(Yes I know the possessive of it isn’t “it’s”, but I disbelieve)