Guest guest Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. Having trouble viewing this email? Read it online. Want to change your service? Update your subscription, or (sniff) . Jul 18, 2008 BANG FOR THE BITE If 10,000 Biters use a bike blender instead of a conventional one, in the average month's use, we'll avert the yearly CO2 of an American household. COCKTAIL FACT Thomas Jefferson chose not to take out patents for his inventions, believing that every invention should benefit all of society. LIKE THIS TIP? Then check out . . .The Dog-powered Scooter Tip RATE THIS TIP How useful is this tip?(5 is the highest) 1 2 3 4 5 Wanna form a more perfect union with the planet? The Bite The power's vested in you. Devices that run on pure people power have been around since well before Thomas Jefferson invented the copy machine, but new technology is totally rad-ifying them. The Benefits The coolness factor even beats those wigs our forefathers used to rock. Amending your electricity use. More than 50% of our energy comes from polluting coal plants, and those typical flashlight batteries contain not-so-green chems. A bill of righteous health. Hand-cranking burns only a few calories (around 10 every 5 minutes), but it's still more exercise than doing nothing at all. Personally Speaking Four of us are heading to Burning Man in a few weeks, and are dying for the chance to participate in another bike-powered art project. Wanna Try? B3 Bike Blender - mount this baby on your bike for electricity-free piña coladas ($349). Rival White Mountain Ice Cream Freezer - crank up to 4 quarts of homemade ice cream ($140). Stamina InMotion II Manual Treadmill - way cheaper than an electric hamster wheel, but it'll get you just as much cardio ($125). Electrilite - combo flashlight and cell-phone charger; 3 minutes of winding gets you up to 8 minutes of talk time ($18). Think Tank Paper Shredder - shred your personal docs by hand ($4). Enter to win a copy of the book Worldchanging by posting your idea for changing the world in the blog in the next 24 hours. Sponsor UNSUBSCRIBE | CHANGE YOUR PREFERENCES | PRINT THIS TIP CONTACT US | EDITORIAL POLICY | PRIVACY POLICY | DISCLAIMER | MEET THE TEAM © IDEAL BITE, INC. You are d as cyndikrall. If you would like to , go here. All above editorial suggestions are the result of testing and preference. No one can pay to be in a Daily Tip. Read more on our editorial policy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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