Cool Invention: Water filtering bicycle

[-Fuck-]

It's but a matter of time until we see stationary electricity producing bikes... you watch!!!

http://www.wimp.com/drinkup/

[Cir]

Gilligans island already did it.

[Mantikore]

thats pretty clever. though i reckon the average african wont have the tools or knowhow to repair it if it breaks down

[jimdil4st]

um but wouldnt exerting the force to ride the bike/purify the water stationary cause the person to need MORE water?

[Minority Deport]

Originally Posted by jimdil4st

um but wouldnt exerting the force to ride the bike/purify the water stationary cause the person to need MORE water?

Would exerting the force to open a fridge door cause the person to need MORE food?

[SleepyGorillaMuseum]

Originally Posted by Minority Deport

Would exerting the force to open a fridge door cause the person to need MORE food?

Are you honestly comparing the effort of opening a door to a 3 mile bike ride?

[Mantikore]

Originally Posted by jimdil4st

um but wouldnt exerting the force to ride the bike/purify the water stationary cause the person to need MORE water?

of course, but the amount that is lost in perspiration is small compared to the amount that can be filtered. riding a bike is not very stressful, and in stationary mode, youre not using energy to move around, so youll filter more efficiently

[bornkiller]

Originally Posted by Minority Deport

Would exerting the force to open a fridge door cause the person to need MORE food?

No! but the 3 mile bike ride to the fridge would...

[xxdeetsxx]

Originally Posted by jimdil4st

um but wouldnt exerting the force to ride the bike/purify the water stationary cause the person to need MORE water?

Not if you do it at night.

[fillup]

Wonder how much these things cost. Dont think everyone in Etheopia will be riding these things around for 5 grand a piece.

[Minority Deport]

Originally Posted by StarWarsNerd

Are you honestly comparing the effort of opening a door to a 3 mile bike ride?

I'm over exaggerating, energy pedaling and using that energy to filter water are on different scales of energy.

If you could filter a gallon of water every hour at 75% effort then you would have a problem.

[zooting22]

Originally Posted by StarWarsNerd

Are you honestly comparing the effort of opening a door to a 3 mile bike ride?

with it being for transportation?

It wont work in africa though. Nigga stole my bike, much?

[fux0rz]

Originally Posted by lockedbanana

with it being for transportation?

It wont work in africa though. Nigga stole my bike, much?

And that's where the catholic church comes in

[-Fuck-]

Originally Posted by jimdil4st

um but wouldnt exerting the force to ride the bike/purify the water stationary cause the person to need MORE water?

Probably not as much as carrying the water back in jugs by foot

[poofeek]

wait.... why dont we just stop polluting their water? that way they wont need to filter it in the first place.

[Dread_Lord]

2 words: Boiling Point

/water purifying bike

[bornkiller]

Originally Posted by Dread_Lord

2 words: Boiling Point

/water purifying bike

More than likely just a water filter....imagine how fuckin shitty that filter would be after 1 trip.

[Stainless]

Originally Posted by fillup

Wonder how much these things cost. Dont think everyone in Etheopia will be riding these things around for 5 grand a piece.

Dude, the thing is made of hardly anything. A bike frame, plastic cover, two tanks, a filter and some tubing. How expensive can that be?

Originally Posted by Dread_Lord

2 words: Boiling Point

/water purifying bike

2 words: Uses Resources.

[PirateJoe]

Originally Posted by Dread_Lord

2 words: Boiling Point

/water purifying bike

You don't even need that. Solar stills can be literally be made with a a tarp and a hole in the ground.

Originally Posted by Stainless

Dude, the thing is made of hardly anything. A bike frame, plastic cover, two tanks, a filter and some tubing. How expensive can that be?

More expensive than a simple filter by itself.

[Frank]

Pointless.