Harnessing Bicycling Energy
Since we are constantly trying to find ways to produce/store/save energy, why not harness it from something that a bunch of people do? My solution is to make some sort of device that harnesses energy from bicycling. You could use this energy to power a personal electronically device that you have, or even use to power yourself to go faster on your bike (no gas or fumes needed so it would not be a motorized vehicle). This also gives peoe an incentive to start biking more and to go "green". Really the possibilities are endless as to what you could do with the energy.
Mr. Gopal Bhise, a small farmer from Jalgaon district, Maharashtra. Bhise owns some land but is so poor that he cannot afford a pair of plough animals or rent a tractor.Bhishe set to work on this idea, and after a lot of trial and error, he came out with an implement — fashioned out of the front axle, wheel and handlebar of a standard bicycle — that could be used by marginal farmers to execute functions carried out by bullocks or tractors!
You can read more about this innovative farmer by clicking the following link- http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/where-bicycle-helps-rea...
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