Wow, thats the strangest thing ever. What happens if the
horse gets in an accident going 100MPH? or would the
horse be providing purely the house power with a human
steering it?
I agree though, it is a strange experiment. Having a horses
power "geared" as to provide a more convenient speed for
today's go-getter people.
Good work on the self powered saw by the way... more things
should require pedalling to operate. Maybe north americans
would be a bit less fat if that were the case. It's also
funny thinking about the simple things that could be human
powered that aren't, instead people plug [censored] in.. then
drive over the gym and sweat to the oldies on the stationary
bike for 40 minutes.
I've always wanted to have a house with the whole bottom
floor a gym. Then all the treadmills and excercise bikes and
stuff could power stuff in my house. People would also be
paying a membership to power my house.. so I'd have cash!
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"Dennis Farr" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:200 years ago horses operated stationary treadmills for
powering machines. They also had these on ferry boats.
I'd like to see how fast and far a horse treadmill on
wheels could go. I think a good goal for a horse and
driver would be 100 fairly flat miles at 35 mph, faster
than Lance Armstrong or Smarty Jones.
This could even be practical for people in poor areas who
rely on animal power, although I don't know if even I
believe I'd ever see a water buffalo on wheels.
I don't have any resources (or horses) so I'd just like
to spread the idea and see if someone figures out a way
to do it.
Many years ago I built a working self-powered table saw
from an old ten-speed. then I found out these things were
common just before the invention of cheap electric motors.
So I think we need to give horses a chance to ride, and
see what happens. Gas would probably have to be about
$100/gal to make this practical here, but who says
something has to be practical to be interesting.
Dennis Farr
