A few friends of mine were in town over the weekend, and we decided to check out some of the downtown shops. We walked into an eco themed store which sells crafts made from 'upcycled' materials, music CDs recorded using renewable energy and whatnot.
What I saw was a scary sight - a bunch of people playing with a car battery, an alternator, an inverter, a bunch of loose wire. None of them had any clue what they were doing. Rather than waiting for them to short out the battery and hurt themselves, I decided to help them out - I headed home, got some battery post lugs/scrap wire/crimp terminals/heatshrink, headed back and wired up everything. I drew up a couple pages of instructions for it. Now I'm a hero, it seems - they're tweeting about me.
Behold, the "greenerator" (not my name):
They're doing a 24 hour riding marathon on earth day - there's a chandelier above the bike with a CFL bulb in it, and their mission is to keep it lit for 24 hours. Here's hoping everything holds up.
Now, I didn't bother to tell them that I probably burnt more energy in my car helping them out than they'll generate in those 24 hours - and that keeping a CFL lit doesn't do anything to help the planet. The whole thing makes me wonder if somewhere else in the galaxy there's a planet with an underpopulation problem, and they're trying to solve it by masturbating.
What I saw was a scary sight - a bunch of people playing with a car battery, an alternator, an inverter, a bunch of loose wire. None of them had any clue what they were doing. Rather than waiting for them to short out the battery and hurt themselves, I decided to help them out - I headed home, got some battery post lugs/scrap wire/crimp terminals/heatshrink, headed back and wired up everything. I drew up a couple pages of instructions for it. Now I'm a hero, it seems - they're tweeting about me.
Behold, the "greenerator" (not my name):
They're doing a 24 hour riding marathon on earth day - there's a chandelier above the bike with a CFL bulb in it, and their mission is to keep it lit for 24 hours. Here's hoping everything holds up.
Now, I didn't bother to tell them that I probably burnt more energy in my car helping them out than they'll generate in those 24 hours - and that keeping a CFL lit doesn't do anything to help the planet. The whole thing makes me wonder if somewhere else in the galaxy there's a planet with an underpopulation problem, and they're trying to solve it by masturbating.
