ideath ([info]ideath) wrote,
@ 2008-05-13 11:09:00
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"Hundreds Arrested in Immigration Sweep of Meat Plant"

Unrelated: Go future! The power-generating train station floor has been tested and still moves forward.

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[info]waltermonkey
2008-05-13 10:37 pm UTC (link)
JR East expects to generate enough electricity to light a 100-watt bulb for about 80 minutes per day.

I'm all for wacky green power schemes, but, uh, even if that's an incandescent bulb... that's not a big help.

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[info]ideath
2008-05-13 11:07 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, seriously. I had the same thought.
But then again, if it's enough to keep the ticket machines running in the case of brownouts, it might be worthwhile someday? Not counting R&D, production, installation and maintenance costs...

Uh, maybe we just mark it up to encouraging early prototypes of creative ideas. I am for that, as long as the precautionary principle is employed.

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[info]enth
2008-05-14 12:06 am UTC (link)
for whatever it's worth, it doesn't say how large the test patch actually is. if that much energy is coming from, say, a square meter of floor space -- and if they can manufacture more of the flooring at a reasonable price -- this is an enormous win.

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[info]waltermonkey
2008-05-14 05:36 am UTC (link)
Huh. You could be right. I've never been to Tokyo so I don't have a proper mental image of this, but I imagined it as all the way from before the turnstiles to the train. Something like at least 10 square yards.

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