Sentences with phrase «human powered bicycles»

In this instance, he has not only traditional solar panels, but also has a water wheel and a human powered bicycle generator all helping him to keep his batteries charged and the lights on.

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Their economies should be labor intensive rather than energy intensive; produce more durable goods to reduce waste; use local materials in building; consume locally grown foods; engage in organic farming; utilize organic garbage; depend on perennial polyculture, aqua - culture and permaculture; favor trains as well as human - powered machines such as bicycles; employ solar power and other on - site modes of producing energy; and in various ways operate on self - nourishing, self - healing, self - governing principles.

During the 1980s he helped organize new competitions for human - powered vehicles — one notable bicycle built for two, called Vector, cruised a 40 - mile stretch of freeway at nearly the speed limit, averaging better than 50 mph.

Navarro's own piece, «Satellite,» utlizes bicycle parts, a human - powered electric generator, and electric energy to make comment on the show's premise.

Bicycles, in all their human - powered glory, can have a number of neat accessories attached to them.

The city of Indianapolis, Indiana is embarking on a project to run a bicycle / walking / jogging path through the city center in an effort to encourage more human - powered movement through the city.

Of course, human - powered bicycles would be even better for the air and people's healtht.

The 2008 book «The Human - Powered Home: Choosing Muscles Over Motors», which has plans for several kinds of pedal powered machines, estimates the costs of a DIY generator at about $ 50 (using scavenged parts) to $ 350 (using new parts), not including a bicycle stand and replacement batPowered Home: Choosing Muscles Over Motors», which has plans for several kinds of pedal powered machines, estimates the costs of a DIY generator at about $ 50 (using scavenged parts) to $ 350 (using new parts), not including a bicycle stand and replacement batpowered machines, estimates the costs of a DIY generator at about $ 50 (using scavenged parts) to $ 350 (using new parts), not including a bicycle stand and replacement batteries.

Bicycles become an attractive mode of transportation, which would promote city development that focuses on human power instead of decayed dinosaurs.

From the to the world - record setting longest tandem to the backwards bicycle, humans have never stopped having fun with pedal - power.

Posted on May 25, 2011 at 02:32 PM in Batteries, Bicycles, Cover story, DIY, Ecotech, Embodied energy, Energy, Energy production, Flywheels, Foot powered machines, Human energy, Human powered machines, Kinetic energy, Pedal power Permalink Comments (48)

One of the first - prize winners of our TreeHugger / Popular Science / Instructables Go Green contest, this gadgetry wizard shows you how to rig up your bicycle to create a human - powered generator.

Florida Statute 316.003 defines bicycles as a vehicle with two tandem wheels propelled solely by human control, and all motorized bicycle propelled by a combination of human power and an electric helper motor capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of not more than 20 miles per hour on level ground upon which any person may ride, and including any device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels.

Moped: A motorized bicycle that is designed to be operated with human power through the use of pedals.