I'd suggest exporting this technology to Saudi Arabia, but it would only be half as efficient because half their population still isn't allowed to drive. Anyway:

The bright sparks at the country's Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa have developed a road that generates power when vehicles pass over it. And they hope the technology will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. In a university car park, Haim Abramovich and his team run a heavy truck repeatedly over a special stretch of tarmac.

"The name of the game is harvesting," he told Sky News. "Harvesting means energy which is available but is going to waste. "So what I want to is to harvest part of that energy and make it useful. This is the name of the game and this is my dream." Making his dream come true are hundreds of rugged metallic crystals. When put under pressure they generate electricity.

So lined up in special pads buried under the tarmac, they create power. It is called 'piezo' electricity. It has been around a while, but never used like this before. One truck can generate 2,000 volts, but to create useful electricity you need a lot of amps too and that requires many pads over hundreds of metres and a high percentage of traffic, preferably moving quickly.

They'll get the high percentage of traffic, but that part about driving quickly is going to be a problem. Anyone ever been on Israel's Ayalon freeway? Suffice to say: a grumpy Israeli diplomat once suggested routing European mediators through the interchange to keep them occupied for a year or three (h/t: Anne)

References:
* Saudi Arabia's religious police undergoes change slowly [McClatchy]
* Israel's Bright Sparks Invent 'Electric' Road [Sky]

Previously:
* Saudi Arabia At Annapolis: Israel Has No Right To Exist (Plus: By A Strange Coincidence, Their Conditions For A Peace Deal Would Require Destruction Of Israel)
* Neat - Israeli Sand Art [Video]
* Neat - Israeli Nanobots To Revolutionize Medicine