Renewable energy from walking

It's a good idea. I often think why don't they attach air conditioner units to tumble driers or something like that to reduce energy waste.
 
It's like getting the heat from railways (underground) and converting that into usable energy for the buildings above, and the cold feed would come back down to the underground cooling it down.

So many good ways of recycling energy, but the outlay is so massive that you won't see a return for decades.
 
DirtyJester said:
Lowering tone!

I'm a restless sleeper you cheeky sod...

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Keep to your side figit ****!


Checkout the possible energy from this lot:
Top 10 Stations in the 2011/12 survey

Rank This Year, Station Name , 2011/12 Entries & Exits , 2010/11 Entries & Exits Change, Rank Last Year

1 Waterloo 94,045,510 - 91,750,382 3% 1

2 Victoria 76,231,290 - 73,573,492 4% 2

3 Liverpool Street 57,106,502 - 55,769,423 2% 3

4 London Bridge 52,634,024 - 51,478,131 2% 4

5 Charing Cross 38,004,790 - 37,222,298 2% 5

6 Euston 36,608,546 - 34,073,413 7% 6

7 Paddington 33,736,546 - 32,200,316 5% 7

8 Birmingham New Street 31,213,842 - 24,686,632 26% 10

9 King's Cross 27,874,732 - 26,254,644 6% 8

10 Glasgow Central 26,639,418 - 24,950,987 7% 9
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edit. according to that survey, Birmingham is become more popular. I know, lets build an over expensive rail-link at the expense of the NHS.
 
Freefaller said:
It's like getting the heat from railways (underground) and converting that into usable energy for the buildings above, and the cold feed would come back down to the underground cooling it down.

So many good ways of recycling energy, but the outlay is so massive that you won't see a return for decades.
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It's called heat recovery. We sell machines at work which are powered by gas, generating electricity at a higher efficiency and lower cost than the grid, the by-product of which is heat, which is then used to heat domestic hot water.

The great issue than outlay, I think, is the fact that we, in this country, are so unwilling to change our ways that breaking into a market and changing it is almost impossible. I have an uphill struggle with this every day.
 
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