Re: [Phys-l] [ncnaapt] another crackpot idea from theCalifornia legislative assembly

[William Robertson <wrobert9@ix.netcom.com>]

Maybe this is a stupid question, but ........  Don't piezoelectric  
crystals work with about a tenth of a percent deformation? And  
wouldn't that small deformation be insignificant in terms of the  
normal variations in a road surface? And thus would there really be  
any effect on gas mileage?

Bill


On Feb 28, 2011, at 4:49 PM, curtis osterhoudt wrote:

> That's an interesting article. So the Italians were able to generate  
> "2000
> Watt-hours" of energy from 10 m of highway. Of course, the article  
> doesn't say
> over what time period, or what the traffic volume was.
>
>
>   This is roughly equivalent to the amount of energy released by  
> combusting
> 1/18 gallon of gasoline.
>
>
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