This man, in his 50th decade, pedals 265 volts.... enough to run a power saw, a computer..... The generated energy CAN be saved by hooking the generator to a battery . Apparently Wavy Gravy has been using a bank of bicycles hooked to generators for some years at events at the Hog Farm ; they had one on Gilligan's Island, too, to say nothing of the Flintstones ( thankyou, Alex!). The general downer word I can find on this kind of self-generated energy is that it's "not worth it", "worth it" being quantified as worth it in terms of $, $ & personal efficiency, and sustaining our typical U.S. personal energy consumption. WELL. Let's look at this , and other alternatives to energy consumption, in terms of human cost, earth cost; I think the balance is clear..... whether or not we pedal our own energy needs, alternatives are clearly the most "cost effective" when we look at cost other than $.
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