[chbot] Alt Energy ?
GRAHAM CHRISTIE
development.engineering at xtra.co.nz
Wed Dec 1 09:39:02 GMT 2021
> At Cashmere High School they have a device that is soft underfoot and generates energy from passing Students in the Science block.
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> I have supported young people win prizes for being innovative such as the Student Bevin referenced.
> But my approach or point of view was slightly different.
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> I was asked previously from a set of judges to evaluate an idea from a young guy from a technical point of view. (funny enough it also was for electricity for Africa)
> On the face of it, it was a good idea for the average man on the street but in the end I said it will fail and gave my reasons.
> But I said he should win the prize and the money (which he did) that came with it because he as a person should be supported and encouraged.
> I said he will do this and fail and will learn, then he will do something else and he may succeed in the next idea.
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> So I can pick technical holes in young peoples ideas all day long but the big picture is these people need supporting because one day they may come up with a real gem and we as society may benefit from it.
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> Regards
> Graham
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> > > On 01/12/2021 08:53 Charles Manning <cdhmanning at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > There is no "free" energy. This is just adding drag and extracting energy from other sources.
> > Yes, due to harmonics etc it would be far more efficient to:
> > * Fix the road so that the vehicles have a smoother and more efficient ride.
> > * Use a portion of the saved fuel to run a generator.
> >
> > But these are the days of woke. Emotion beats the laws of physics.
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> >
> > On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 7:46 AM Mark Atherton <markaren1 at xtra.co.nz mailto:markaren1 at xtra.co.nz > wrote:
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> > > > > Bevin posted a notice about this...
> > >
> > > https://www.globalteacherprize.org/global-student-prize/jeremiah-thoronka-2021-winner
> > >
> > > "Jeremiah Thoronka, a student from Sierra Leone, who invented a device
> > > that uses kinetic energy from traffic and pedestrians to generate clean
> > > power, has been named the winner of the Chegg.org Global Student Prize
> > > 2021".
> > >
> > > At first blush, it sounds like third-world countries have unstable
> > > roadways, where passing traffic shakes-things-up-a-bit. This wasted
> > > energy could then be harvested by (for example) burying a huge mass
> > > under the road, and using differential movement to generate power.
> > >
> > > Taking my wild speculation as reasonable for a moment, and call me
> > > stupid if you like, but if the roads were improved, surely the
> > > improvement of fuel efficiency of the associated with the road-traffic
> > > would far exceed any small percentage of the wasted energy transferred
> > > into the ground ??
> > >
> > > Thoughts please !!
> > >
> > > -Mark
> > >
> > >
> > >
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