You’ve got the power
People power is pretty under-rated, so take back the power and be green. Reduce your carbon footprint by thinking muscle-powered, and burn a few calories in the process.
Now, you may not be ready (or have the space) to commit to something quite as spectacular as a bicycle powered washing machine (like the one pictured above by Homeless Dave), but there are plenty of more manageable power-your-own gadgets just waiting for your input:
Vivotion Easy Store Manual Treadmill - so much cheaper than the plug-in version of the same thing, and it makes so much more sense, seeing as you’re going to be doing the running anyway.
Einhell HRM40 Manual Lawn mower - keep your lawn under control and give yourself a workout.
Easy Health Juicer - a little bit of elbow grease will have you sipping the freshest juice with your breakfast.
Eco Friendly wind up/dynamo AM/FM/SW Radio Flashlight and mobile phone charger - perfect for the intrepid traveller or allotmenteer, there’s not much that this clever gadget doesn’t do. Just add muscle.
Draper 69260 Hand Operated Paper Shredder - shred your sensitive documents by hand.
Posted on July 20th, 2008 by Tracy Stokes
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You do realise that the more you work out, the more calories you need, and thus the more food you have to consume. That food has to be grown, processed, transported to the store, transported home, and cooked. Then the packaging has to be disposed of.
Total all that up, and ‘human powered’ starts to look a little less ‘green’.
Like most of this ‘green’ BS, when you look a little deeper than the headline things just never quite add up.
July 23rd, 2008 at 3:03 amI agree there isnt really anything thats green
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:18 pmelectric cars get energy from coal when plugged in. and if there is any other things that are green also usually require non renewable resources to. even houses that may work with solar panesl may also need a way to keep batteries charged possibly by a generator.
Yeah Fuck Green, let’s trash the fucking planet and pump all the oil out. I’m sick of these hippies that care what will happen after they die. Why be innovative and resourceful when I can just be a complete dickhead.
July 25th, 2008 at 11:27 amHey “Dickhead”, do you actually believe that we can have any effect on the world’s resources? Given the bell curve of population, how long do you think this planet is supposed to last? Energy is needed and will be consumed….sooner or later. Start up those rigs and point them to ANWAR…Now.
July 29th, 2008 at 11:09 amHey, “DenverBroncos,” its pieces of fucking shit like you that suck. I hope you die, you stupid fuck.
July 29th, 2008 at 2:33 pm