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	<title>Comments on: Piezoelectric Energy-Generating Roads Proposed for California</title>
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		<title>By: fawaz7297</title>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/piezoelectric-energy-generating-roads-proposed-for-california/comment-page-1/#comment-493208</link>
		<dc:creator>fawaz7297</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 08:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sir,

I am Fawaz, and im interested to about piezoelectric power generation. my questions is &quot; how much power will get a piezo electric.</description>
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<p>I am Fawaz, and im interested to about piezoelectric power generation. my questions is &#8221; how much power will get a piezo electric.</p>
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		<title>By: krishaana</title>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/piezoelectric-energy-generating-roads-proposed-for-california/comment-page-1/#comment-351568</link>
		<dc:creator>krishaana</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>what type of piezo electric material is used...i am currently doing a project  on it ...pl do reply...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>what type of piezo electric material is used&#8230;i am currently doing a project  on it &#8230;pl do reply&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: nick_gogerty</title>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/piezoelectric-energy-generating-roads-proposed-for-california/comment-page-1/#comment-300437</link>
		<dc:creator>nick_gogerty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 15:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I stand well corrected.  Thank you.  I wish more readers participated  similar to myTwoCents as these conversation are important.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I stand well corrected.  Thank you.  I wish more readers participated  similar to myTwoCents as these conversation are important.</p>
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		<title>By: myTwoCents</title>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/piezoelectric-energy-generating-roads-proposed-for-california/comment-page-1/#comment-300414</link>
		<dc:creator>myTwoCents</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To nick_gogerty (2/15/11@09:27):

If you&#039;re going to correct misstatements, you owe it to everyone to BE correct. A watt (mega- or otherwise) is NOT a unit of energy; it&#039;s a unit of POWER—i.e., energy per unit time. Energy is expressed in such units as joules or BTUs.

WORK is another thing altogether and almost entirely off-topic here. Work is force (neither energy nor power) applied over a distance (irrespective of time). While work is expressed in the same units as energy (joules), it isn&#039;t precisely what we want here, because this device produces electricity which is commonly conceptualized as a form of &quot;potential&quot; energy, while work is normally &quot;applied&quot; or &quot;manifest&quot; or &quot;expended&quot; energy. Another way to consider it: electrically generated ENERGY hasn&#039;t been used yet, but WORK has; the energy produces the work (by transformation).

You are on target insofar as the article&#039;s author should have used appropriate units of production capacity for the device (e.g., either megawatt-HOURS per year, or more simply &amp; purely, just megawatts). But please get your facts straight before correcting others&#039;, so that we&#039;re all better enlightened.

Respectfully,
~myTwoCents</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To nick_gogerty (2/15/11@09:27):</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re going to correct misstatements, you owe it to everyone to BE correct. A watt (mega- or otherwise) is NOT a unit of energy; it&#8217;s a unit of POWER—i.e., energy per unit time. Energy is expressed in such units as joules or BTUs.</p>
<p>WORK is another thing altogether and almost entirely off-topic here. Work is force (neither energy nor power) applied over a distance (irrespective of time). While work is expressed in the same units as energy (joules), it isn&#8217;t precisely what we want here, because this device produces electricity which is commonly conceptualized as a form of &#8220;potential&#8221; energy, while work is normally &#8220;applied&#8221; or &#8220;manifest&#8221; or &#8220;expended&#8221; energy. Another way to consider it: electrically generated ENERGY hasn&#8217;t been used yet, but WORK has; the energy produces the work (by transformation).</p>
<p>You are on target insofar as the article&#8217;s author should have used appropriate units of production capacity for the device (e.g., either megawatt-HOURS per year, or more simply &amp; purely, just megawatts). But please get your facts straight before correcting others&#8217;, so that we&#8217;re all better enlightened.</p>
<p>Respectfully,<br />
~myTwoCents</p>
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		<title>By: caeman</title>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/piezoelectric-energy-generating-roads-proposed-for-california/comment-page-1/#comment-300191</link>
		<dc:creator>caeman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What is the up-front installation cost?  On-going maintenance cost?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What is the up-front installation cost?  On-going maintenance cost?</p>
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		<title>By: nick_gogerty</title>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/piezoelectric-energy-generating-roads-proposed-for-california/comment-page-1/#comment-300013</link>
		<dc:creator>nick_gogerty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 14:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>44 megawatts per year.  Please edit and update.  44 megawatts is a unit of energy, but what counts is a unit of work which is energy over time.  44 megawatt hours for example.  It would also be helpful if the cost were included.  Many Inhabitat columns fail to mention feasibility or properly even understand what energy is which sadly hinders taking the articles seriously.

I would be happy to stop by the office to help out and educate on this.  Here is a prezzie I did for Columbia physics dept. fun over view  http://www.slideshare.net/guest69c0e/renewable-futures-presentation</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>44 megawatts per year.  Please edit and update.  44 megawatts is a unit of energy, but what counts is a unit of work which is energy over time.  44 megawatt hours for example.  It would also be helpful if the cost were included.  Many Inhabitat columns fail to mention feasibility or properly even understand what energy is which sadly hinders taking the articles seriously.</p>
<p>I would be happy to stop by the office to help out and educate on this.  Here is a prezzie I did for Columbia physics dept. fun over view  <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/guest69c0e/renewable-futures-presentation" rel="nofollow">http://www.slideshare.net/guest69c0e/renewable-futures-presentation</a></p>
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		<title>By: nickdb</title>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/piezoelectric-energy-generating-roads-proposed-for-california/comment-page-1/#comment-299986</link>
		<dc:creator>nickdb</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>AllForTheGreen

The energy is already being lost by the cars, those are the vibrations they&#039;re referring too.</description>
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<p>The energy is already being lost by the cars, those are the vibrations they&#8217;re referring too.</p>
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		<title>By: NickDB</title>
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		<dc:creator>NickDB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All</description>
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		<title>By: aNOOP</title>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/piezoelectric-energy-generating-roads-proposed-for-california/comment-page-1/#comment-299934</link>
		<dc:creator>aNOOP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 01:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>NOT FROM THE VEHICLES IT ROBS DUDE... BUT MAKE YOU TO PAY FOR DRIVE AND PAY FOR THE ROAD AND AT LAST THE ENERGY CAME OUT FROM THESE TWO ACTIONS. tECHNICALLY THAT NEEDS TO BE FREE BUT U AINT GET THAT TOO...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NOT FROM THE VEHICLES IT ROBS DUDE&#8230; BUT MAKE YOU TO PAY FOR DRIVE AND PAY FOR THE ROAD AND AT LAST THE ENERGY CAME OUT FROM THESE TWO ACTIONS. tECHNICALLY THAT NEEDS TO BE FREE BUT U AINT GET THAT TOO&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: AllForTheGreen</title>
		<link>http://inhabitat.com/piezoelectric-energy-generating-roads-proposed-for-california/comment-page-1/#comment-299904</link>
		<dc:creator>AllForTheGreen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 22:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How much energy does it rob from passing vehicles? Nothing&#039;s free..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How much energy does it rob from passing vehicles? Nothing&#8217;s free..</p>
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