Fortescue's new zero emission Infinity Train is based on the same principle behind the electric truck hydropower scheme -- funny, right?
Fortescue’s new zero emission Infinity Train is based on the same principle behind the electric truck hydropower scheme, which might not be so funny after all.The last one to laugh is said to get the best laugh. In the case of renewable energy, the latest laugh riot has been sparked by a proposal to MacGyver a sort of rolling hydropower system that leverages regenerative braking from an electric truck fleet.
At this writing, Russia seems intent on murdering as many people in Ukraine as it can. Millions are fleeing and in need of assistance. To help refugees from that conflict and others, contact theThe idea behind the electric truck hydropower scheme is simple. You send an electric truck with a large container up to the top of a mountain, fill it with water from mountaintop streams, and send it down the mountain again.do the rest.
If that sounds a bit goofy, it does sound a bit goofy. However, the context is important. If the challenge is to scavenge without building significant new infrastructure, then putting free-running streams and existing roadways to use begins to make a bit of sense.Goofy or not, the research team behind the electric truck hydropower proposal did not pull the idea out of a hat. They were apparently inspired by the use of an electric truck at a mining site in Poland, which is able to make its back-and-forth trips powered only by the electricity generated from its brakes.
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