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Using Gym Rats' Body Power to Generate Electricity
Carl Bialik from WSJ writes "A Hong Kong health club is hoping that a car battery, some StairMasters and dozens of gym rats can help ease the world's energy problems. It is just one of a wave of projects that are trying to tap the power of the human body, the Wall Street Journal reports. The article explains the impetus behind the project: 'The human power project at California Fitness was set in motion by Doug Woodring, a 41-year-old extreme-sports fanatic and renewable-energy entrepreneur, who pitched the experiment to the gym's management last May. "I've trained my whole life, and many megawatts have been wasted," says Mr. Woodring, who has worked out at the Hong Kong gym for years. "I wanted to do something with all that sweat."'"
As another poster pointed out: Try powering a lightbulb on a bike.
I, for one, welcome our new spandex wearing, energy producing overlords.
my other sig is also a porsche
I was just going to ignore you as an obvious troll but since someone felt like wasting mod points on you I'll bite.
Should we ban all of the anti-drug commercials because they may hurt some pot head's feelings?
I didn't say we should ban anything. Stop talking out of your ass.
You get asked where the nearest Burger King is. Go eat a twinky, tub-o.
The only person trivializing anything is you. Your ignorant and insulting closing statements prove my point exactly. Obviously your weak mind couldn't come up with anything better so you resort to typical bigotry. Your view that being fat is a negative shows that you are incapable of understanding any viewpoint other than your own. Some people don't care that they are fat but they do care that cowards like you attack their obvious flaws just to make themselves feel better.
The intent behind calling someone a nigger or a fatass is just the same. It's ignorant hatred based on some physical characteristic. It doesn't matter what kind of rationalizing you did to get there. It does not change the fact that it is bigotry. Please don't reproduce.