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news.cnet.com - 7/9/2009

Want some kinetic energy with those fries?

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It's been criticized for contributing to the obesity epidemic and condemned by PETA , but now a Burger King franchise in the New York metro area has announced that it wants in on the green movement. The high-traffic restaurant in Hillside, N.J., will install a speed bump designed to ...

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Burger King wants to go green
Newlaunches.com — ... When customers roll through a section of the drive-thru lane lined with metal plates that move down and up as cars head to the next window. The MotionPower technology developed by Burtonsville, Md.-based New Energy Technologies, could harness and capture the energy twice daily. So they are doing something for the society, good for them – but that will not make me a fan anymore. [ Cnet ]

Fast-Food Giving us Energy?
Coolest Gadgets — ... over it. The speed-bump is the same technology used by the Supermarket Parking Lot that makes its own power. It would appear that our Fast-food nations are giving something back. This reminds me of some information that I heard about Biofuels, and how the grease used for fast food could be used as fuel for automobiles. I never really saw much development on that, but that is another way fast food people can give more energy to consumers. Source1 and Source2 ...