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This idea might be up there with saving on your electric bill by installing little turbines on all your water faucets.

For awhile you could buy a natural gas burning Stirling engine that would provide electricity while heating your water with the waste heat.

The idea here is that you "bring free energy home" from Tesla's solar-panel-powered stations (leaving you car battery empty), not that you get to use it twice.

utilities have looked into this "smart grid" application for a while.

The bigger issue, I think, is what's the likelihood that your house/grid will drain your car battery before it can be recharged enough for you to be able to drive somewhere?

And you just _know_ someone is going to complain about "my car battery was drained without my permission! privacy rights! privacy rights!"

That's why the free superchargers are not located along your commute.