mountain driving assist?

[buhrger]

so here's the kooky idea i had recently about mountainous driving: you know how mountain roads inevitably include the occasional rather steep section? and the cars driving up have to work extra hard to get up, and the cars driving down have to sit on their brakes so that they don't lose control of their vehicles. (i'm exluding teenage "look how

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[buhrger]

really this is just the electromagnetic equivalent

batteries

[theotherguy7]

If there was a really nice place to stop at the top and bottom (middle) of the hill it should be possible 'sell' your excess power to a huge bank of batteries that could then top up the batteries in the hybrids. Electricity just needs to be set up so the potential is higher the right way. Or a simple exchange if there was standardization. or a wee trailer that could be a self contained generation unit. as far as the drive unit I have some ideas that i need to paten before posting :)
If it was a trailer unit it could be a lucrative capitalist investment. any vehicle with a hitch can slow down with the generative braking and the one towing would get a fee and not wear out his brakes. a rail system that uses the pulley and counterweight/ballast(water?) system can return the wee trailers to the top of the hill with no loss to the system in electricity. a innovation on the dam as it involves ballast that chooses to go somewhere. does water choose to go down hill?

Re: batteries

[theotherguy7]

by really nice place I was seeing an eatery that would make money off of food as well as electricity. People want to stop eat enjoy the view...
Of course this money would go to feed the poor. Right?

[buhrger]

see for me? not so useful. i don't want to stop. i want something that will make it easier for me to keep going.

[buhrger]

i was hoping that by doing the induction engine approach, no one would have to stop, and you wouldn't even need much in the way of storage.

induction

[theotherguy7]

lets meet and discus this in person it would be fun :)
When do you return?
Will we be in the same neighborhood before that?
If I make it to California I was going to come up the coast through Seattle.
Do you have a link to your itinerary?

[buhrger]

not my itinerary, but perhaps close enough?

I like this idea

[theotherguy7]

What would the infra structure look like?
Do you not need some storage capacity for the ebb and flow of traffic?
A tie in to the grid. Sell excess power when able buy if needed. solar panels all along the infra structure?

[buhrger]

one could do all of these things. they add several levels of complexity to what i envisioned as a self-contained project.

the purpose of stopping would be to sell food

[theotherguy7]

and smell the roses

[buhrger]

i carry food with me, and prefer lilacs