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Hmm, good observation. I guess we have created a monster that we can no longer feed, and we are took weak to do what it does for us.

I had thought of the prison idea as well, and these guys would already be eating and burning calories bench pressing or beating up their cell mates. You might as well harness those calories. I like the idea of man-generated electricity. The human animal doesn't need electricity to survive...

Ok. Thanks for the info. These forums are very informative.

The production of the fuel for rocket would out-weigh the power created by the generator. There's no wind in space to push a fan. I think that the fact that it's in a vacuum only buys you freedom from the friction of "air" and gravity on the system.

So, if a reasonably athletic person can generate 200W of power. There is no way I could, for example, get this 2400W generator going using just my power with the help of a very large and a very small gear.http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/6HJ87"

By having a very large distance (the large outer gear), you would produce a larger force, right? This force would turn the generator rotor which creates electricity. I really don't know how generators work. Is there an increasing resistance as more power is being generated from the generator?

Here is a ton of info on patents. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/help/item/Legal-Definition.html" Basically though, you have to have more than the idea on paper. The first to actally build the device gets credit.

Hi I just wanted to run this hypothetical power plant idea past you physics guys to see what kind of feedback I could get. My general question is "Could man-power through the use of massive gears, be used to turn a very large generator.?" The generators used in the Three Gorges...