EDF are promoting the 2012 Olympics and have even found a place for the Wolff Olins-designed logo on the end of their adverts. However, the Olympics is fairly obviously going to use alot of energy itself. I imagine EDF have got some good energy saving tactics in place for the buildings etc whilst the games are taking place, but aren't they missing a trick?
Athletes use and produce a lot of energy themselves, by embracing kinetic energy, is there no way that this energy can be turned into a small proportion of power for the games?
Surely there's some way of collecting energy from the track as athletes feet stamp down on it repeatedly and bikes fly round the velodrome, or how about miniature turbines to collect wind power from landing mats in the high-jump and pole vault..
Although these small changes would cost money to create and maybe only make the tiniest difference, would it not be a step forward and add something to the games as a whole?
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nice thought but it would probably cost more to install all those gadgets.
I once read that the kinetic energy we produce everyday would go a long way to replacing the other energy sources we use. Perhaps not such a bad idea at all!
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