From: Winston@Bigbrother.net   
      
   Vaughn wrote:   
   > On 7/16/2012 12:08 AM, Winston wrote:   
   >> (At my peak of fitness, I could generate 70 W for about 30 minutes   
   >> then I was *quite* finished.)   
   >   
   > That implies that in a mere 28.6 hours you could generate a whole kW/h   
   > of power, and (at .15 per Kw/h) it would only take 190 hours to generate   
   > one dollar's worth of electricity.   
   >   
   > Assuming that you could cobble all the equipment together for $500, and   
   > you had no maintenance or cooling costs and 100% efficiency, you would   
   > break even on your investment in a mere 95,238 hours of peddling.   
   >   
   > This idea is looking better and better!   
      
   You understand perfectly.   
   Except for the 170 W fan I needed to keep from burning up.   
      
   --Winston<-- It's a terrible idea and an awful waste but we   
                 can still sell 'Pedal Power Derivatives'.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)