> On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:18:54 -0700 (PDT), chazwin
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>>On Aug 30, 10:04 am, "bigflet...@gmail.com" gmail.com>
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>>> One of the largest selling 'new' items in society are treadmills.The
>>> image of watching your favorite tv show while gently jogging along is
>>> the image projected.

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>>> They are expensive, noisy and use power. They are brilliant for dogs
>>> whos ownres cannot take them fo a walk, but dogs, unlike people,cannot
>>> walk on the spot (no pun intended), in silence, without cost, and
>>> actually only use the energy that you want to use.

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>>> Hope their are no treadmill sales people reading this...

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>>> I just made the whole thing up....honestly.

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>>> BOfL

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>>Whilst the third world is suffering under the burden of too little
>>fuel and too much work, the west burn energy uselessly because they
>>are too fat and stupid to eat properly and too greedy to share the
>>benefits of technology and science.
>>Would it not make more sense for the treadmills of the west to be used
>>to generate electricity to put back into the Grid rather than burn it?

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> Machines having foot pedals similar to exercise bicycles are somewhat
> more efficient (and easier on knee joints). Power outputs can run up
> to 200 watts if the person is strong enough. One could run a clothes
> washer or a laptop computer while pedaling, which would be some very
> small reduction in their energy useage. Far more realistic and
> practical would be for more people to start using windmills :)
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