Using Energy Using Cars

I found an interesting article on the same site from which Nicole got the 5 weird alternatives article. The article discussed a man's efforts to use cars and trucks driving over a plate in the road to compress hydraulic tanks under the road to produce power. The efforts are in the prototype stage, but it looks promising!

Read more here:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/04/truck-traffic-electricity-dragon-station.php