Comments on: How much work to run particular items? http://www.smallist.com/2007/05/11/how-much-work-to-run-particular-items/ Small products, small living, the smallest stuff in the world. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:51:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: rajbott http://www.smallist.com/2007/05/11/how-much-work-to-run-particular-items/#comment-521 rajbott Fri, 11 May 2007 20:09:50 +0000 http://www.smallist.com/2007/05/11/how-much-work-to-run-particular-items/#comment-521 what the?? why the hell aren't we doing it? what the??

why the hell aren’t we doing it?

]]> By: condour http://www.smallist.com/2007/05/11/how-much-work-to-run-particular-items/#comment-522 condour Fri, 11 May 2007 20:12:45 +0000 http://www.smallist.com/2007/05/11/how-much-work-to-run-particular-items/#comment-522 High up-front costs. Plus, transmission of power is very lossy, so a huge station in the Sahara wouldn't necessarily be able to power Europe. But those are solvable problems. (I assume your question was at least in part rhetorical) High up-front costs. Plus, transmission of power is very lossy, so a huge station in the Sahara wouldn’t necessarily be able to power Europe. But those are solvable problems. (I assume your question was at least in part rhetorical)

]]> By: Smallist : Small products, small living, the smallest stuff in the world. » Blog Archive » Stokemonkey http://www.smallist.com/2007/05/11/how-much-work-to-run-particular-items/#comment-524 Smallist : Small products, small living, the smallest stuff in the world. » Blog Archive » Stokemonkey Sun, 13 May 2007 16:35:56 +0000 http://www.smallist.com/2007/05/11/how-much-work-to-run-particular-items/#comment-524 [...] information. For instance: a normal biker going 14 miles per hour uses about 100 watts of power. (That suggests the bike generator people are really sweatin’ it to get 200 watts.) Meanwhile, Lance Armstrong can provide about 500 watts for a burst of 20 [...] […] information. For instance: a normal biker going 14 miles per hour uses about 100 watts of power. (That suggests the bike generator people are really sweatin’ it to get 200 watts.) Meanwhile, Lance Armstrong can provide about 500 watts for a burst of 20 […]

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