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Originally Posted by mykalberta
I hope you have a flame ######ant jacket cause you about to get nasty flamed. Gots to love people powered power in India. That seems like an excellent idea, lets round up all the homeless and people on EI and get them to manaully run power for the rest of us. Please.
MYK
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Did you actually look into the concept, or are you just shooting off your mouth here? Who said anything about rounding up homeless people?
http://www.climatecare.org/projects/.../human-energy/
The treadle pump is a simple device which uses human power to pump water from wells, streams and lakes. One person - man, woman or even child - can operate the pump by manipulating his/her body weight on two treadles and by holding a bamboo or wooden frame for support. These pumps displace the diesel pumps that are more commonly used.
Benefits- Replaces polluting diesel-powered pumps
- Allows 2 or 3 harvests a year, instead of 1
- Prevents farmers having to leave their families to work in the city during 'off season'
- Farmers' income increases, often between two and five-fold
I don't think anyone is saying 'to solve global warming people have to get on a treadmill like hamsters to generate power', its about finding new ways to do old things... like developing this type of pump. Sometimes you have to look into a topic before you can really say anything about it... otherwise you end up looking like an ass... like HOZ.