Jaywalking not advised... On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Stephen Thompson <[email protected]>wrote:
> No, the vid didn't have anything about extracting power directly from the > "road grid". I just extrapolated from the idea. If the road is now part > of the > power grid, then its not a stretch to get power directly from the grid for > those > who happen to be on it. > > As long as we are brainstorming.... > > Steph T > > > On 9/20/2010 8:57 PM, Robert J. Cordingley wrote: > > I think you may have meant getting power *off* the roadway system (for > anyone to use). The additional intelligence in load cells, etc. and LED > displays seemed incidental but perhaps worth including if you are going to > put all those electronics in to manage the solar power generation anyway. I > didn't see anything about vehicles capturing power from the road in the > video btw. > > Personally I'd like to see the system power mass transit perhaps putting > solar cells between rails. You wouldn't need to invert it to drive mag lev > units too. I bet on average trains block out a lower percentage of the > railroad bed as they pass over too. > > Tons of engineering problems either way that could keep some in the > profession busy for a while! Keep going I say! > > My 2 c > Thanks > Robert C > > On 9/20/10 7:20 PM, Douglas Roberts wrote: > > Uh. Except. For ... > > Getting power to the roadway system (*huge* infrastructure issue, that, > all by itself); providing load balanced power to this marvelous new > electrified road grid, as travel flux dictates; designing, manufacturing, > and implementing a road grid-to-vehicle power transfer system that operates > reliably under mass transit conditions; etc. etc. etc. > > Yep, once those little issues are licked we'll have our transportation > infrastructure issues whipped into shape. You betcha. > > --Doug > > (You know, I sometimes almost find myself thinking back upon those days > -- well, 11 years actually -- of total immersion into academia and the > academic life style [translated: completely decoupled from reality] with a > certain fondness. > > I usually recover fairly quickly.) > > > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Stephen Thompson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Solar powered roads would solve the infrastructure problem >> of having electric "gas" stations for the electric and hybrid cars. >> Just build power outlets at selected intervals along the road. >> >> Best of all the road may detect how much power you have and >> direct you to the nearest power outlet. >> >> Steph T >> >> >> On 9/20/2010 3:03 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: >> >> >From Roger Ebert blog: "This fills me with probably unreasonable hope >> for Green Electricity. " >> See http://j.mp/9pZorn >> >> >> -tj >> -- >> ========================================== >> J. T. Johnson >> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA >> www.analyticjournalism.com >> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) >> http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] >> >> "Be Your Own Publisher" >> http://indiepubwest.com >> ========================================== >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > > -- > Doug Roberts > [email protected] > [email protected] > 505-455-7333 - Office > 505-670-8195 - Cell > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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