Re: Why not donate microwave ovens to the villagers ?

From: Ian Stirling (root_at_mauve.demon.co.uk)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: 29 Dec 2004 15:53:10 GMT

In sci.physics habshi <habshi@anony.com> wrote:
> Can the micorwave batteries not be charged by hand ?

A fit (olympic class) athlete has a peak output of about 1Kw for a few
minutes.
In short, not a fucking hope.

> How much effort would it take to cook or heat a meal ?

You're going to need to triple the volume of food,
so that the enormous exertion of pedalling the microwave can be sustained.

> On this calculation may depend the fate of forests .

How many dinners can we cook using the rendered down fat of a Habshi.