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To: mitch-c who wrote (58653)	1/10/2002 3:10:04 PM
From: Tito L. Nisperos Jr.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

Hi Mitch-c, I think more like an Artist than a Scientist so different ideas keep coming to me from time to time. One is of this Highway Power I posted and in which StanX responded to. You see, as I understand in a Hydro-electric power plant, Water from a dam is released to rush downward and then somehow cause Turbines to spin generating electricity. Now, in a 4 lane highway, there's a stream of cars passing by. Somehow I imagine the water rushing down from a dam is similar to cars passing by in a highway. Maybe somebody could figure out planting devices on the surface of the roads that when stepped on by the car wheels cause vibrations or something similar that in turn cause small turbines planted along the highways linked to each other with electrical wires to do their thing. Really I'm a dreamer: --- why can't some body figure out how to attach a Dynamo on car wheels to generate electricity so as to help the car use less gasoline? CHIPs would play important roles in directing different power traffic.

To: mitch-c who wrote (58653)	1/10/2002 3:42:39 PM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 70976

OT Mitch, Kirk REGENERATIVE BRAKING Toyota estimates that it captures 30% of the energy in its Prius HEV. The lunch is certainly not free, but if you shadow price the gasoline, I think it's a reasonable meal. A shame that CNBC's extensive coverage of Detroit Auto Show never even mentioned RB.