Awesome video made by GE : Energy: you can’t destroy it, but you can certainly waste it. That’s
what most motorized vehicles do, including trains. Usually, the energy
generated when you stop a moving vehicle is dissipated as heat, and is
lost to the atmosphere. With GE’s ecomagination we’ve discovered that
you can capture and store that energy, then reuse it – that’s how our
hybrid systems work. Watch the video to see a simple illustration of the
physics behind dynamic braking. Keep in mind an object’s force is
measured in newtons, using the equation force = Mass x Acceleration. Hat tip @Boris
