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Hey Buddy, Can You Spare a Treadmill? Addicts to Provide Renewable Energy
Albuquerque Journal
| January 31, 2004
| Isabel Sanchez
Posted on 01/31/2004 7:38:15 PM PST by woofie
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posted on
01/31/2004 7:38:18 PM PST
by
woofie
To: woofie
uhhhh...ok
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posted on
01/31/2004 7:39:16 PM PST
by
woofie
To: woofie
Wacky?
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posted on
01/31/2004 7:45:12 PM PST
by
woofie
To: woofie
Actually, as I stroll around Manhattan I see all these sports clubs with hundreds of people jogging away on treadmills, peddling stationary bicycles, and the like. Why not hook them up to generators? It would beat gerbil wheels all hollow. You might almost get enough power to light up the room where these activities were going on.
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posted on
01/31/2004 7:48:22 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: woofie
wacky? what, using people as though they were cattle? no, it's as old as history.
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posted on
01/31/2004 7:48:56 PM PST
by
the invisib1e hand
(do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: woofie
Hey...harness the power produced at gyms. The power companies could invest in 1000's of gyms across the country...no memberships required....they would have millions of new clients and....never mind.
To: woofie
ok... good luck with that.... IPO anytime soon?? lol
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posted on
01/31/2004 7:56:22 PM PST
by
GeronL
(www.ArmorforCongress.com ............... Support a FReeper for Congress)
To: woofie
If this catches on, the demand for hamsters in the high-rent district is going to go way down.
To: Old Professer
Id hate to see the hamster business go south
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posted on
01/31/2004 8:05:25 PM PST
by
woofie
To: Cicero
With 1 horsepower roughly equal to 750 watts and a jogger putting out about 0.1 HP, you could light up a 75 watt light bulb (less, actually, due to electrical inefficiencies of the generator) from each person. Not much...
To: woofie
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posted on
01/31/2004 8:07:03 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(Socialism is Slavery)
To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Could you keep a refrigerator of beer cold?
12
posted on
01/31/2004 8:07:34 PM PST
by
woofie
To: BenLurkin
lol
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posted on
01/31/2004 8:08:55 PM PST
by
woofie
To: woofie
The idea stuck with him and became part of Endorphin Power Co., his solution for several social issues at once: It would restore addicts to sobriety, return homeless people to the larger society and conserve fossil fuels. ROTFL!! Goes to show that even when Rush Limbaugh is joking he's STILL right!! Do y'all remember his 'Public Service Announcement' a few years ago about folks with Restless Leg Syndrome and using them to ride stationary bikes in order to produce power? I hope he picks this up and talks about it on his show on Monday!!
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posted on
01/31/2004 8:25:58 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: woofie
A superbly-conditioned athlete can generate about 1400 watts for a brief time. For an hour, he can generate 1000 watts--and then might as well die.
I had a fellow who reasoned thusly: Astronauts must exercise in space. Connect their exercise bikes to generators, which power ion engines. Pedal your way to Mars!
Equally brilliant.
--Boris
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posted on
01/31/2004 8:47:30 PM PST
by
boris
(The deadliest Weapon of Mass Destruction in History is a Leftist With a Word Processor)
To: woofie
Some men will still have use for hamsters, er, um, sorry; I was thinking of gerbils...
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posted on
01/31/2004 9:23:24 PM PST
by
Born Conservative
("Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names" - John F. Kennedy)
To: woofie
Could you keep a refrigerator of beer cold?There you have it! Right to the vitally important heart of the question! LoL.
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posted on
01/31/2004 9:49:45 PM PST
by
zeugma
(The Great Experiment is over.)
To: zeugma
Yea the more I think about this the better I like it
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posted on
01/31/2004 10:00:04 PM PST
by
woofie
To: woofie
Hmmmmm, sounds like a cross between a Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton novel.
Life imitates Art? No wait, he may not have this on his web site, yet.
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posted on
02/01/2004 2:58:06 AM PST
by
bd476
(One More Landing on Mars, One Gigantic Proud Moment for the USA!)
To: woofie
Sheesh!!...I see an entitlement program coming for the self-deficient urban outdoorsman.
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posted on
02/01/2004 3:03:57 AM PST
by
PGalt
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