I Love Free Energy

Posts Tagged ‘energy problems’

I wonder why we can’t have smaller scale generation facilities, getting rid of the grid maintenance problems and generate power locally and distribute locally. Utilize solar, hydro, co-gen, and wind where they are available. Making people more efficient on a small scale could solve some of our large scale problems!

How many fitness centers are there in America? How many people are on those machines in each center each day getting in better shape? Suppose each of those machines was connected to an electric generator that fed into the local grid and all of those people were generating electricity while they burned their calories? There’s a lot of energy being spent working against machine resistance that is wasted when it could be turning a generator’s armature. Could that help with our energy problems? Would those people prove to be more reliable in doing their daily exercise than wind power or solar power? They work out on calm days and cloudy days as well as on windy and sunny days. Wouldn’t they even feel better knowing the good they were doing?

Is this a nutty idea or is there a germ of practicality in it?

I know there are issues with Nuclear power, but haven’t they figured them out yet? With all of the oil and energy problems we are having… The alternatives don’t look good either coal (acid rain, strip mining, mine disasters, pollution) Hydro and wind are good, but very limited. How much oild would we save in a year with Nuclear plants?