From: catwheezel@operamail.com 
  
 On 2008-03-22, reader@newsguy.com  wrote: 
 > Can anyone suggest which newsgroups I might lurk to find information 
 > about linking together a fitness device and some kind of small 
 > alternator capable of being wired into common house wiring in such a 
 > way that any current generated would be available for household 
 > consumption. 
  
 [...] 
  
 Don't try to connect your human powered generator to the mains wiring. 
 That could be very dangerous, and the amount of power a human can generate 
 won't be enough to be useful by that method anyway. 
  
 You could perhaps generate enough power to charge up a mobile phone or a 
 laptop, or a set ot batteries for other small appliances.  Bicycle and car 
 dynamos and alternators are readily available which could be used in such 
 a device. 
  
 Go to  and enter the words 
  
             human powered generator 
  
 into the box marked "Find messages with the exact phrase". 
  
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