To: john@eco-living.net, permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [permaculture] human powered tools
Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 20:40:52 -0500
John Schinnerer wrote:
Again...one PP is only a fraction of one MP (or HP), so they wouldn't be
Again, increase the veverage to make 1 MP = 1 HP.
I meant for HP here to mean humn power. The amount of work done per unit of
time here
would not equal that of a mule. With lighter weight components, refined
roller fabrication
and possibly a longer lever (supported by a bicycle or 3 wheeled pedal
powered cart rolling on a hard track)
and efficient gearing a HP machine could do the same work as a MP one.
Re: [permaculture] Red Rock, Tx: real help for families on the edge
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