tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post5505920021817004809..comments2024-03-28T23:57:50.103-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: Third World idea, First World execution?Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-405026726371560452016-03-04T11:02:28.335-06:002016-03-04T11:02:28.335-06:00I can just imagine if you tried to hook washers up...I can just imagine if you tried to hook washers up to the bikes in a spin class. Feminists would be lose their minds. <br /><br />You know motors and generators are getting real small. There was the scandal of the racer whose bike was found to have a small motor hidden in the frame. So, tweak those to make generators and get people to pay for a spin class as they charge up your batteries.JK Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-67983085845117365502016-03-04T09:52:25.213-06:002016-03-04T09:52:25.213-06:00Good grief....
How about the plumbing? I can just...Good grief....<br /><br />How about the plumbing? I can just see how hauling buckets of water from the sink and then removing dirty water(toss it out in the backyard? Out the window?).<br /><br />Just like that all-new biplane... the drawings look neat, but today's Auto-Cad makes anything look snazzy.Bobhttp://thegundeck.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-68026889333800485452016-03-04T08:22:21.122-06:002016-03-04T08:22:21.122-06:00Seems like you would get greater efficiency by hoo...Seems like you would get greater efficiency by hooking an alternator to the bike and storing the power in a battery to drive a whole range of appliances instead of hooking a bike to each appliance (washer, dryer, garbage disposal, Home AC, furnace fan, Ceiling fans, daqueri blender, etc)<br /><br />--GenericviewsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-36412192414265725412016-03-03T17:14:48.696-06:002016-03-03T17:14:48.696-06:00Way back when, the early "automatic" was...Way back when, the early "automatic" washing machines were powered by a small 2-cycle gasoline engine. Earlier than that, entire fabric mills were powered by a forest of shafts and leather belts driven by a water wheel. I wonder if there are opportunities to combine the technologies. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com