From: "Geo" 

"Don Hills"  wrote in message
news:NDNjEtgaXmhU092yn{at}attglobal.net...

> Done right, it would make sense. The units would need to be switchable
from
> "off" (rigid surface) to "on" (generate power).
You would need to have
units
> on all access roads to the controlled intersection and only activate the
> units in the roads where the lights were red, thus reclaiming energy that
> would otherwise be dissipated in the brakes of vehicles stopping for the
> lights. Since this would double the number of units needed, I doubt it
would
> be cost-effective.

You know.. that's not a bad idea, draining energy from cars that are stopping.

Geo.

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