electricity-generating sidewalks

[Mags]

Damnit i had this idea a few years ago. Should have patened it.

[Thorin]

The weight of vehicles might make it more difficult to produce a reliable slab.

I wonder what it feels like to step on.

[Lazybones]

The weight of vehicles might make it more difficult to produce a reliable slab.

I wonder what it feels like to step on.

To avoid vibration and waves these would have to work on pressure more than some kind of travel distance... I suspect it would be like stepping on a modern electronic bathroom scale near zero movement

[Tom]

Ice really does make the whole freeze-thaw situation worse. It gets into cracks and pushes them apart, then will seep under the layers of ashphalt and pop them apart. I agree temperature changes alone aren't very good for composite materials, but water and ice are at least as bad if not worse. And hey, water is also a solvent.

[Mr. Analog]

Ground upheaval is another issue yes, I often wonder if superior drainage/bedding would solve some of our pothole woes.

I mean places like Toronto deal with a lot of moisture year round and yet their roads are awesome, you go somewhere that has a huge temperature range though (like Mani, Sask or Alberta) and the roads are @%&#.