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20-04.-2008, 07:00 AM
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Re: horse vs bicycle vs car
In article <1f96cfd8-1918-4922-8247-93161a2bc94b@m1g2000pre.googlegroups.com>,
"runcyclexcski@yahoo.com" <runcyclexcski@yahoo.com> writes: > Suppose the world runs out of oil overnight (instead of 20 yrs) and > you wake to a $30.00 a gallon. Would riding horses become economically > relevant again (horses convert "biofuel" directly into mechanical > energy)? 1 HP is 700W. I wonder for how long a horse can sustain the > 700W. A bicyclist can sustain 200W, but not much additional load. As a Sagittarian, I feel compelled to put a stop to this notion of so exploiting my half-brothers and half-sisters. cheers, Tom -- Nothing is safe from me. I'm really at: tkeats curlicue vcn dot bc dot ca |
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20-04.-2008, 08:41 AM
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Re: horse vs bicycle vs car
Tom Keats wrote:
> In article <ecfb0ed6-17ed-4be3-95e1-f7cb8013c1c5@d26g2000prg.googlegroups.com>, > "runcyclexcski@yahoo.com" <runcyclexcski@yahoo.com> writes: >>>> You'd be surprised by how much cargo can be >>>> hauled by bicycle. >> Yes, by a fit cyclist. if you just took your butt out of your SUV >> seat, much less. > > I don't have an SUV.[...] On can be a fit cyclist while sitting on one's butt in an SUV seat. For example, here is a SUV cyclist carrying one (1) hominid as cargo: <http://www.organicengines.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/03/NoWayEtAl.jpg>. Here is a parked SUV, sans cyclists and hominid cargo: <http://www.organicengines.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/BeachCab.jpg>. -- Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia The weather is here, wish you were beautiful |
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