How many cyclists does it take to power a house for a day?

Coriander
Coriander Posts: 1,326
edited December 2009 in Commuting chat
A friend of mine alerted me to this programme - he was one of the cyclists - which measured a family of four's typical energy usage by how many cyclists were needed to generate the electricity demanded.

The Human Power Station

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  • deffler
    deffler Posts: 829
    80?
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Ah, but, see, you start with "experiments" like that, and you end up in The Matrix.

    Red pill or blue pill? :wink:
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Greg66 wrote:
    Ah, but, see, you start with "experiments" like that, and you end up in The Matrix.

    Red pill or blue pill? :wink:

    See i never understood that, both! surely, duh
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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    Did they monitor how much energy the cyclists had to take on?
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  • lost_in_thought
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    Nine. Am I right?
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  • Wallace1492
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    one - DonDaddyD?
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  • jonginge
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    Wallace1492 wrote:
    one - DonDaddyD?
    The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. And you have burned so very very brightly, DDD
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    JonGinge wrote:
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    one - DonDaddyD?
    The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. And you have burned so very very brightly, DDD

    Ohhh - be careful. He'll squeeze yer eyes out next, and crush your head. I've seen that happen. :wink:
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  • NGale
    NGale Posts: 1,866
    This is one of those 'Give an infinate amount of monkeys an infinate amount of typewriters and one of them will come out with the works of Shakespear' questions right?!

    Monkeys, cyclists. I can see the likeness :lol:
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  • jonginge
    jonginge Posts: 5,945
    Greg66 wrote:
    JonGinge wrote:
    Wallace1492 wrote:
    one - DonDaddyD?
    The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long. And you have burned so very very brightly, DDD

    Ohhh - be careful. He'll squeeze yer eyes out next, and crush your head. I've seen that happen. :wink:
    You've seen things we people wouldn't believe?
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    Bright eyes burning like fire....

    I'll get me coat :roll:
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    Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
    Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
    Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.

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