re: 5 HR Energy CEO invents stationary bike that can power a home

make a fleshlight that will power a house and you have unlimited power.

Heck with peddling a bike for an hour

Im going to make a conversion kit

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An hour of pedaling can meet a rural household’s electricity needs for 24 hours, according to Manoj Bhargava, CEO of 5-hour Energy maker Living Essentials. This includes running lights, a small fan and charging mobile devices.

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great if you are in a 3rd world country or Alabama, but this will not power an A/C, range, refrigerator, water heater, ect

lights, fan, phone charger, all low watt appliances

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didnt they already make this w them flashlight/radios you got the spinner to generate power?

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Yeah, I don't think this is new tech as much as a new way to access/scale it. Someone already mentioned a camp, this also seems like an alternative to a generator during a hurricane. And for the people that exercise every day already, maybe they can plug the battery into the house and have your daily workouts reduce your electric bill.

The OT used to have some really smart people posting on it.

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To put that in perspective, most incandescent light bulbs were 60 watts. You power a 60 watt light bulb for far less than 1 hour by pedaling for 1 hour.

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If they are going for efficiency, then they aren't using incandescent bulbs

Just sayin

No way this works

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running lights, a small fan and charging mobile devices.

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At first I was like "HA what a loser. That stuff doesn't take shite for electricity.




And then I read:

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bikes will be targeted at India

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Then I was like ohhh, that may actually be useful over there.

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Why are Asian/Indian smarter than the rest of us

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“No one who can rise before dawn three hundred and sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.”

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That's why.