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Environment & Energy

Wilms

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2. It can power whose home?

Reply to IrishAyes (Original post)

Fri Nov 13, 2015, 07:28 PM

Nov 2015

It all depends on what the power use is of the home in question.

And what does it cost?

How about fixing a generator and battery charger to a yard sale bike?

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Engineer Types - What Say You About This? [View all] IrishAyes Nov 2015 OP

Some were claiming to debunk this yesterday 99th_Monkey Nov 2015 #1

It can power whose home? Wilms Nov 2015 #2

Bad idea Travis_0004 Nov 2015 #3

Yup, converting calories to watts on a bicycle edgineered Nov 2015 #4

Here are some human power output over time graphs Fumesucker Nov 2015 #5