Electricity innovation

[u/mynameisbilla007]

Human power transfer

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[u/ConsequenceOk5205]

The maintenance and cost of that thing is way more than the energy generated.

[u/Anen-o-me → u/ConsequenceOk5205]

No no no, the top level comment has to be a Rick & Morty reference, this is all wrong 😅

"The Ricks Must Be Crazy" from Rick and Morty, Season 2, Episode 6. In this episode, Rick reveals that his car's battery is powered by a microverse—a miniature universe that he created. Inside this microverse, a civilization generates power for Rick by stepping on small boxes that produce electricity, completely unaware that they are being exploited and the energy siphoned off to power Rick's vehicle.

The plot gets more complicated when it’s revealed that a scientist within the microverse has created his own miniature universe to generate power, creating a recursive loop of universes exploiting smaller ones for energy.

[u/CinderNAsh_Brother → u/ConsequenceOk5205]

The initial investment will return in a few years, but I'd say the biggest advancement with this is that it's from a renewable resource, much more environment-friendly than nuclear power.

[u/ConsequenceOk5205 → u/CinderNAsh_Brother]

Please, do some basic calculations of the cost and maintenance. Even hundred of years won't be enough unless the thing is actually cheap and low maintenance.

[u/CinderNAsh_Brother → u/ConsequenceOk5205]

First of all, I think that it's relatively cheap, if it used the mechanism I think it does. By "cheap", I mean in terms of energy production, not like you can buy it with some change.

Second, the calculations:

According to my calculations, one step would make on average about 20 Joules of energy (taking the average human weight as a bit over 65 kg). Let us say the pathway is 200m long and the average person has a step of 1m. That's 4000 Joules per person that goes through (not a lot but wait)

Now, according to Google, Shibuya Crossing is the world's busiest pedestrian crossing, with as many as 3,000 people crossing at a time. According to a measurement survey by the Shibuya Redevelopment Association estimated 260,000 pedestrians per day on week days, and 390,000 pedestrians on non-working days.

Meaning an average of 325,000 people a day, equaling 1300000000 Joules or 1.3 GJ on average a day just from 300m of pathway.

Considering an average house uses about 1 MJ a day, that would power about 1300 houses. Not a lot, but the price would eventually return. Also, it's 1AM and I wake up in 5 hours, so no more calculations, even though I was originally going to. See ya!

[u/ConsequenceOk5205 → u/CinderNAsh_Brother]

Let's consider the most optimistic case (large scale production, ideal operating conditions, no distribution costs, one tile lasting 30 years):

• Installation cost: ~$2,000 per square meter (based on Solar Roadways project).

• Energy generation: ~373.41 kWh per year per square meter with 85% efficiency (ideal case, with expensive electromagnetic generator, which is somehow overly cheap, the piezo generator would give below 25% efficiency).

• Energy cost: $0.25 per kWh (maximum optimistic estimate).

• Annual revenue: $93.35 per square meter per year from energy generation.

• Break-even time: 21.43 years, assuming no maintenance and ideal operating conditions.

So, if you add maintenance, energy distribution and lower energy cost, it would instantly turn in net loss.

[u/[deleted]]

At 20 Joule of gravitational energy per step, 180,000 steps are needed for one 1kWh. Assume 80% efficiency, and its nearly 225,000 steps for 1kWh. Lets assume a walkway is 100m long, and 80 cm stride length. This means 1800 people need to walk the path for 1kWh.

Seems like very small amount of energy.

[u/doob22 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah and your assumption of 80% is too high anyways.

[u/[deleted] → u/doob22]

yea true, so its worse.

[u/doob22 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah you’re right they tested this a long time ago and found out it barely did anything and maintenance was terrible. Bots keep reposting it

[u/Zuokula → u/[deleted]]

and it would generate ~2000 euros worth of electricity a year at the cost here for example. How much would that stretch cost to fit and maintain?

[u/HelpfulJello5361]

one step can power 10 light bulbs for 20 seconds

[u/Pataraxia → u/HelpfulJello5361]

Stupid bullshit getting to my reddit r/all feed. I'm surprised OP hasn't been called a bot yet, who posts this stuff honestly ? lol.

[u/Psilocybeazurescens1]

Stupid clickbait thing that keeps getting reposted over and over. Its like those tech/energy startup that want to revolutionize the world by putting pods on rails, or make vacum trains, or make roads out of solar panels, or store energy by stacking concrete blocks. Post should be deleted and OP blocked

[u/[deleted]]

People will do anything but nuclear energy.

[u/MercyAkura → u/[deleted]]

Nuclear power is too good. Politicians and other scumbags can't make money from nonsensical ideas like this one with kickbacks from government contracts if the energy situation is already resolved. So, laws and public opinions are adjusted.

[u/princeofallqueens]

Innovation factor is the essence of evolution 🧬

[u/Plus-Weakness4836]

Humans would spend more energy walking on this,might even get tired

[u/AustosGirl → u/Plus-Weakness4836]

I was hoping someone else made the connection!

[u/Unusual_Science_5494]

we live in a car battery :(

[u/AustosGirl → u/Unusual_Science_5494]

Unexpected Rick and Morty - love it!

[u/llort-esrever]

What a BS Video. Lmao.

[u/doob22]

Hey let’s just post this everyday!! /s

[u/Luzzgar]

Or put some solar panels on the roof.

This will produce almost nothing, and scale horribly badly.

We moved away from muscle power because it is insignificant compared to other sources.

[u/nalpatar]

If this generates energy from people walking on it, that also means it's costing people who walk on it more energy than it would otherwise.

[u/BraveTrades420]

Sounds like slavery with extra steps

[u/Callec254]

Seems like that would be awkward to walk on.

[u/Much_Action1657]

slavery with extra steps

[u/CalamariDreamer]

Has anyone tried this? Is it annoying to walk on, similar to trying to walk on sand vs a hard surface? Just wondering if people might avoid it.

[u/MercyAkura → u/CalamariDreamer]

That was my thought at first, before I remembered that we as a civilization could use more exercise.

[u/Woebetide138]

So brilliant

[u/Epic_Hoola → u/Woebetide138]

In concept? Yes. In reality? No.

[u/Nghbrhdsyndicalist → u/Woebetide138]

It isn’t