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- From: Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
- Newsgroups: sci.environment
- Subject: Re: Bicycle-Generated Electricity
- Date: 15 Sep 1992 06:09:03 GMT
- Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
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- Message-ID: <Jym.14Sep1992.2308@naughty-peahen.org>
- References: <JMC.92Sep5125824@SAIL.Stanford.EDU>
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- In-reply-to: steinly@topaz.ucsc.edu's message of 10 Sep 92 00:02:39 GMT
- Originator: jym@remarque.berkeley.edu
-
- >> I've often thought that would be a fine arrangement for
- >> powering a television set. Or a home terminal & modem set
- >> up for writing Usenet news . . .
- > Any clue what the power consumption of a TV set is?
-
- =o= Depends on the TV set (or laptop).
-
- > Still, might have a socially redeeming value, radically
- > altering the ratio of time exercising/time wathcing telly.
-
- =o= That's the idea. I was mostly being facetious, but such
- a low-energy TV set (or laptop) can't be too farfetched.
-
- =o= You know what I'd *really* like? A bicycle-powered food
- processor. Imagine coming home from work, pulling up into
- the back door, parking the bike in the kitchen, and pounding
- the pedals to chop up dinner.
- <_Jym_>
-