One quarter horsepower, I did not know that. There would be a question of endurance as well.
This may be getting a little off the subject but, if one were able to marry the heavy steel flywheel generator technology to all of the stationary exercise devices, the kWh's out would continue for a time after the exercise routine. Brilliant idea Mitzi C.
I stepped out for just a minute to research this idea of yours and found this.
http://www.kronosport.com/As I researched this idea, I became aware of the fact that its not an original idea.
http://www.otherpower.com/otherpower_experiments_bicycle.html(check the links at top of this site)
Could it be that this is "the day the music died?" I mean potentially there could come a day when every conceivable arrangement of notes has been thought of (possible but not probable) as well as every idea to be thunk, has been thought of. But luckily, like loosing the energy of our Sun, we are confident that this will not happen for billions of years.
So far I have not found where anyone has married the heavy steel flywheel to a stationary exercise device. We still have variations on a theme! But there is still that age old question, one that will last until the end of time, "who will fund the project?"
http://pepei.pennnet.com/display_article/285430/6/ARTCL/none/none/Energy-Storage-Systems-Get-a-New-Spin/Could it be that the Ancient Egyptians had the right idea way back when for us today? Think about the potential of thousands (millions maybe) of people going to work each day, working out on all of the various exercise machines, generating electricity, gaining personal health and fitness (and possibly the physique of an Ancient Greek), while getting paid!
Health, wealth, and clean renewable electricity. Whats else could one ask for? Mitzi C. your a genius!
Well? Who's ready for a little exercise? Ooohh, what is that? Moaning and groaning I hear? What if you were getting paid? What if you could have the figure of a Greek god or goddess? Or the endurance of an Ironman triathlete? Who knows, maybe even a better sex life, ehh? Wouldn't it all be worth it? And, you would be getting paid!
But who to fund it?
