Lights and water out in Valle de Cauca?

jay1234 says on Oct 5, 2005, 19:50:

I just got an e-mail from my girlfriend in Cali saying that electricity was out at the university and in most of city...she didn't have any details.

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poco says on Oct 5, 2005, 20:09:

Just a guess Most likely the Gerbils at the power plant were told by the Union Organizers of the preferential treatment being given to the Hamsters who weren't required to run the wheels and they went on strike.

"When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks

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Miguel says on Oct 5, 2005, 23:48:

EL PAIS Online Looks like a substation "failed" for reasons not yet determined.

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kernow62 says on Oct 6, 2005, 05:57:

I blame the roaming gnome from Travelocity! He probably plugged a European appliance into the wall.

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poco says on Oct 6, 2005, 06:30:

Opportunity knocks
Create a cottage industry to manufacture stationary bicycles with small generators driven off the back wheel to furnish electricity for the television. The wife can set this portable apparatus near the stove to allow her to peddle and prepare dinner while the husband and kids watch the Soccer match.

Exercising to keep the refrigerator going and the beer cold is but one benefit.

The rich who control the bicycle parts distribution and sales can afford to have the domestic stay fit while she prepares dinner and the entire family watches TV.

"When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks

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Gator says on Oct 6, 2005, 07:26:

Blame Placed on a... huge thunderstorm between Salvajina (a dam) y Jamundí just south of Cali. Just about everything in the Valle went out like Cali, Yumbo, Palmira, Guacarí, El Cerrito, Vijes, Calima-Darién, Yotoco, Jamundí, Candelaria, Buga y Tuluá. Also got part of northen Cauca around
Puerto Tejada y Santander de Quilichao. What ever happened sent a big surge of electricity to the big substation in Yumbo and that caused a domino effect. The cucaraches in Barrio Siloé started to pull a New Orleans shopping event but the police put a quick end to that venture. The whole thing lasted a couple of hours.

FARC Et. Al. were not apparently involved.

"Brevior Sltare Cum Deformibus Mulieribus Est Vita!" .

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flaleo says on Oct 6, 2005, 07:34:

what about poco's idea... Not in homes, but wondering how much power can be generated by a person on a bicycle... Why not in low labor cost countries having a building with hundreds or thousands of these units, pay the workers by kw generated per hour.

I wonder if the economic cost structure of such a business is feasible?

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Hunter says on Oct 6, 2005, 10:12:

Poco & flaleo I have ofthen wondered the same but at the gym, all those people doing spinning, I have wondered how much electricity that they could produce.

Hunter

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flaleo says on Oct 6, 2005, 11:25:

good point - didn't think of the extra food and water!

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caslug says on Oct 6, 2005, 13:44:

that's a great idea hunter! get all those people in the gym to help generate FREE electricity for the GYM AND the GYM can sell them bottle water. That gym owner will be reducing his electric bill AND making money on the water bottle. If only there was a way to hook up the threadmill and stationary bike to a generator and batteries.

In the US, there are some homes that use solar panel to reduce the cost of electricity AND they sometime sell back excess electricity back to the electric company.

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poco says on Oct 6, 2005, 18:18:

Limited use Commercial use of human power to produce electricity would not be economically feasible,, unless of course you subscribe to the Matrix way of thinking.

The initial cost of solar conversion along with a storage and rectifying system puts this out of reach of the average Colombian.

Small personal appliances used for entertainment seem the limit. You need to feed yourself so why not get something out of it while exercising. An AC adaptor to be used in the event batteries are not available would be a must for your orgasmatron.

Peddle your Power and not your (*)

"When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks

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