From: James Rogers (jamesr@best.com)
Date: Thu Apr 20 2000 - 11:07:58 MDT
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000, Zero Powers wrote:
> >From: James Rogers <jamesr@best.com>
>
> >Actually, using people to generate electricity is most likely *not* a good
> >idea from a "Greenie conservationist" standpoint. The human machine
> >produces CO2 exhaust and probably has poorer conversion efficiency than
> >some of the better types of carbon burning power plants (gas turbines?).
>
> But if those same people are in a health club producing all that CO2
> anyway...?
It is not enough energy to be worth collecting i.e. it would be a net
loss, when you take the overhead into consideration.
-James Rogers
jamesr@best.com
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