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I think people are missing the fact this is being run by an art collective. It is trying to ask questions and show what sort of compromises people might need t
by verytrivial 9y ago
I think people are missing the fact this is being run by an art collective. It is trying to ask questions and show what sort of compromises people might need to make if/when other energy sources are off the table. I love it.
- ars 9y ago> when other energy sources are off the table Hu? Where do you [they] think the human power comes from? It comes from food - you could just burn those plants for fuel, and skip the useless multiple conversion. What does flowing the energy through a human accomplish? It certainly doesn't change the energy source.
- verytrivial 9y agoI understand the Haber process. I don't think most people know of or care about it. The point their making here is without the magic of current energy supplies things get very weird and difficult, even then you try really hard.
- hn_throwaway_99 9y agoAs an art project, it's neat. But when it starts to sound like it actually believes its claims that human power can provide the energy needed for modern society, then you can't help but roll your eyes. Right off the bat, the sentence "Unlike fossil fuels, human power can be a clean energy source, and its potential increases as the human population grows." This is utter bullshit. The modern food supply is dependent on huge amounts of fossil fuels and mined minerals to create fertilizer. Much more oil just goes into feeding a human than you'd ever get out of him.