Recent content by bigtruckdrive

Ya, seems like the power produced would be negligible. If anything I supposed this generated power could be use to power the prison...

hah, i guess that is a good point. hadn't thought of that. I guess you'd have the prisoners putting out a decent amount of CO2 as well... Although I wonder, if the energy they are burning is from a low cost food source, like rice or pasta, this might be more feasible? It seems to me...

I have given thought to this concept as well, but from a bit of a different perspective... Most of us pay taxes to keep prisoners locked up, and fed... so why not put them to work? Assemble a gearing system that links up dozens (maybe even hundreds) of bicycles, and connects them to a massive...