N.J. Burger King Testing Energy-Producing Speed Bump

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Can a fast food drive-thru lane actually provide clean green electricity?
A company called New Energy Technologies is betting on it.
The firm has developed a prototype device it’s now testing at a Burger King in Hillside, New Jersey.

The “Motion Power Energy Harvester” is designed to capture kinetic energy from vehicles that would otherwise be lost when drivers hit the brakes to pick up their Whoppers.
It looks like a flattened speed bump with long pedals across the top that press down when tires roll over them. That force turns gears inside, generating 2000 watts of electricity instantaneously, according to the engineers who designed it.
The trick is collecting that energy and distributing it in a cost-effective way.
Engineer Jerry Lynch was handed the concept and tasked with creating the prototype, explaining the final version will involve more bumps and more pedals to create more juice.

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