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Re:Creator of 5-hour Energy Wants to Power Homes with Bikes by hakcermani on Friday October 09, 2015 @12:20AM (#10358139)
A average person is lucky to get 100W sustained for an hour. 100 Whr can probably run a tablet for 24 hrs
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Re:Creator of 5-hour Energy Wants to Power Homes with Bikes by durkie on Friday October 09, 2015 @12:54AM (#10358255)
and a kilowatt-hour from the power company costs $0.13. As much as I love bikes and wish I were riding one right now, it just makes no sense.
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Re:Creator of 5-hour Energy Wants to Power Homes with Bikes by Eric_WVGG on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:43AM (#10358375)
Video of an Olympic cyclist powering a 700 watt toaster. Painful but awesome to watch. http://youtu.be/S4O5voOCqAQ
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