Let's do virtually nothing to help the environment!

Britain is ready to introduce green speed bumps that generate electricity as cars drive over them. This "electro-kinetic road ramp" system consists of a series of panels set in a pad virtually flush to the road. As the traffic passes over it, the panels go up and down, turning a motor which produces mechanical energy. "With a steady flow of traffic, four of the ramps used as speed bumps would be enough to power all the street lights, traffic lights and road signs for a mile-long stretch of road".


A nightclub opened in Rotterdam in the Netherlands last year that is run partly on energy generated by people dancing, and researchers have been finding ways to convert the wasted energy of pedestrians' footsteps into lighting at shopping centres.