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I sit around and think about crazy alternative energy ideas too frequently. Like putting wind generators along highways so when trucks and cars pass by the energy can be garnered and used. I've thought about mini solar and wind powered water splitting devices to create hydrogen to use for small daily commutes with a hydrogen powered car. My ideas are just stupid little things I try to think about where energy is wasted. I was thinking about designing a refrigerator that used a fan and pushed cold air in from outside during times when the outside temperature is low enough to cool the fridge instead of using energy. I wish I had the educational background to work in this field.
One thing I don't get about the walking thing is that I would have thought that the majority of wasted energy in stepping would be absorbed by your nikes not the ground. Are you stepping on something that compresses and uses the energy from the compression to create electricity?
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