EEVblog 1600 - Rouute: Road Based Energy BUSTED

Rouute: Road Based Energy! Harvest kinestic energy from cars using speed bumps. Will this decarbonise and save the planet? Do the numbers add up? Discount Morgan Freeman promo video: Introducing Rouute test video: Kinetic Energy Calculator: Forum: 00:00 - Rouute Road Based Energy 01:58 - Discount Morgan Freeman narrates the video 03:21 - UN Goal 7 compliant 04:40 - The founder explains and shows a testing video 06:37 - Let’s look at their info pack 09:03 - Can we get serious now? 11:19 - Reminds of PaveGen that is still gaining millions in funding for energy harvesting pavements 12:41 - You canna’ change the laws of physics Captain! 13:30 - Let’s calculate the Kinetic Energy viability using their numbers 14:34 - They seem to be out by an order of magnitude at least... 16:15 - Converting kinetic energy into electrical energy is just energy THEFT on flat roads 19:57 - It works, but is all but impractical in most circumstances. If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon: Or with crypto: BTC: 33BsprBQNBtHuVzVwDmqWkpDjYnCouwASM ETH: 0x68114e40ff4dcdd384750500501e20acf3875f8c BCH: 35n9KBPw9T7M3NGzpS3t4nUYEf9HbRmkm4 USDC: 0x68114e40ff4dcdd384750500501e20acf3875f8c LTC: MJfK57ujxy55su4XicVGQc9wcEJf6mAoXF Web Site: Store: Other channels: EEVblog2: EEVdiscover: T-Shirts: #ElectronicsCreators #energy #debunking