I always wondered why the government hasn’t thought about putting windmills in the middle of the streets and roads. I don’t know if you guys have ever been near roads and/or streets (Haha if you haven’t), but they can generate a lot of wind. I mean it’s not going to be as crazy as if they were up in the mountains or in the desert or something, but it should still be better than nothing. After all, usually the only things in the middle of the streets or roads is cement. Some have trees and bushes and the like, and that’s fine of course.
Just imagine though: Electric cars in the future, which by the way isn’t unlikely given how electric cars have been around since the 1800s, driving up and down the streets and generating wind (Be it unintentially or intentionally with a small flap that opens on the left side of the car which would help generate more wind) and making the windmills move, effectively generating electricity which is then piped to the closest electric station where these cars would ‘re-charge’. That would be awesome.
I just recently watched Who Killed the Electric Car? and was amazed at the history of it. I remember having seen a few electric cars but then suddenly not seeing anymore, I never thought much of it until I watched this movie. Tesla Motors, which is based in Silicon Valley, is aiming to create cool electric cars. Their Tesla Roadster is one great example of this. The only ‘catch’ is that it’s priced at around $100,000 , so this might be more of a luxury car which can go from 0-60 MPH in 4 seconds and is the equivalent of 100 MPG. It is extremely quiet. However, I do hope that more research is done into electric cars and are hopefully manufactured on a large scale soon.
Really cool Tesla Roadster
Tesla Roadster Test Drive
Check out a video of a test drive here.