Hand Cranked Cell Phone Charger

www.treehugger.com ^ | 04/04/2007 | Lloyd Alter

[Red Badger]

We have shown many solar phone chargers, but the sun isn't always shining when you need to make a call. We have seen crank-up chargers as well, but we like this combination flashlight and crankup charger for cell phones for a lot of reasons: 1) it is good emergency backup (designed in Japan for earthquakes and other disasters) 2) it has built in red and white LEDs for additional emergency use, which can be set to white to act as a flashlight or flashing red as an emergency beacon; 3) with cellphone bills as high as they are, one should have to work a bit to make a call. 4) Imagine how many fewer people would be driving with cell phones to their ears if they had to stop and crank it up every eight minutes. (although many would figure out a way to drive, crank and talk at the same time) 5) only 2,000 yen or 20 bucks. ::Nodaya via ::Trendhunter

[Tinian]

Wouldn't you love this in your backyard?

Yes, I would.

They look a helluva lot better than the sight of my country whoring itself to foreign energy.

[bikerMD]

They look a helluva lot better than the sight of my country whoring itself to foreign energy.

Ohhhh! You want the Foreign Oil Whore Eradicator Energy package. Here's a representative view of what it will look like for millions of square miles with the FOWEE package. That'll require a 10%deposit of $7 Trillion. (=^0)

[bikerMD]

That tower is about 300 feet tall, the blades weigh about 30 tons, the nacelle is the size of a small bus and weighs about 50 tons. The blade tips are moving at about 150 mph at 20 RPMs. And occasionally oops, the fire department ladders don't reach that high....LOOK OUT BELOW!!

"Hello? Yeah, I'm gonna need another one of those Foreign Oil Energy Whore Eradicators. The one in my backyard burned up. Excuse me? No, it should be easy to find. It's the 300 foot wind turbine with the 2 alarm fire at the top."

[Kevmo]

bump for later reading

[endthematrix]

KEWL!

(I’ll still take a few)

[bikerMD]

Close to the windy city? Great. You’re going to start that voluntary effort to build these in residential areas (where they’re needed most). Starting with your neighborhood. And they make real interesting playground climbing equipment too. The kids’ll love them. I know we can count on you.