Recent content by PedalingBiped

Saw an interview with a Chinese professor. Every start up follows a "S" curve. The first part is very expensive. We are about to see an explosion in cheap solar in the very near future from China, As they ramp up their investments. The Chinese air pollution was a deliberate decision. They...

Bar mittens , attach to handle bars and you insert your hands into them NEOS ( new England over shoes ) Think gatitors attack to a shoe . Slid over your regular shoe and are waterproof Can't your wife drive 6 miles? Or 2 miles. Look at the map and see where a good drop off point...

Maybe by city or zip code

Lead acid is a 2 dimension tech. An electron flys above a plate, looking for a hole to drop into. Modern batteries are more like a sponge which the electron flies around and though Because of the Piukert (sp) effect you can only use half of your amp hours so you must charge/ discharge al less...

I work in a warehouse setting/loading dock. Forklifts are required to have a backup alarm. With 40 lifts, its hard to know one is coming, the sound is already deafening with all the alarms going "beep - beep" it would be the same with a large proportion of electric vehicles on the road...

I've done it before, so what now?

My niece is finishing her final year of College in New Zealand. She is a fine writer and has put a blog up. I thought some of you locals would appreciate an outsider view of your Country. http://nzandrea.wordpress.com/

If you pedal hard and keep the amps below 10 then you might get 5 miles out of them. Been there, done that. Most of us have. You only get about half of your amp hours in SLA due to the internal resistance. So 3 1/2 Amps available. Use them to run up to the store or something but they won't...

Without doing any calculations, it has been my experience that it would take about 20 percent of the population to switch before an event causes change. Winding down 2 wars would also be more beneficial then driving electric cars. However, if we were all driving electric vehicles then there...

Watts = Watts no matter the voltage. "The massive “generator-backup”, the high efficiency solar panel, and the charge controller." methinks the "generator" is a sla battery. with a inverter. "free" energy for $2,200. A harbor freight 45 watt panel with an inverter and battery $400 - 500.

When coming across a group, waiting for a bus, or to cross a street, I start pedaling backwards. No one notices. :D

To bad I don't have the money right now. http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/2256235026.html

Here's Ypedal moding a leaf blowing watch?v=9CvpnnTWiJc

I am a non-smoker, since I got my butt whipped when caught stealing them at 12yo. Some of the ideas I've come across from my friends. Rolling your own helps. You can't roll like a machine so you cig is loose packed and doesn't last very long. The other idea is every time you feel the urge...