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    The new Iranian one horse power Naturmobil

    A new vehicle powered by a single horse
    A new vehicle powered by a single horse | OregonLive.com


    By Joseph Rose, The Oregonian
    March 02, 2010, 7:51AM
    naturmobil08.jpgGood thing Portland kept all of those old-timey horse rings on city sidewalks.

    Iranian inventor Abdolhadi Mirhejazi has unveiled his Naturmobil -- "the ultimate environmentally friendly vehicle" powered by ... wait for it ... a single horse on a treadmill.

    Mirhejazi says his high-breed creation travels on paved roads at a top speed of about 50 mph, with the treadmill charging batteries for when Flicka needs a break.

    I don't know. It looks like a pain in the ("neeeigh!") to park.

    -- Joseph Rose, Twitter: pdxcommute
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    “the misery of being exploited by capitalists is nothing compared to the misery of not being exploited at all” -- Joan Robinson
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    I cannot imagine a more inefficient way to poke along at slow speeds. Consider:

    The horse must be fed, cared for, doctored and medicated on occasion. The horse must be housed when not at work. All of these consume energy and resources. The feed alone - think of the petrol used to sow, reap, bundle, and deliver the hay. The energy-consuming activities of the human to simply care for the horse would be vastly greater than a 1 HP petrol engine delivering comparable work to the horse.

    Essentially, in a pyramid above the horse, you have a vast array of wasteful activities and products to keep it going.

    The alternative, a 1 HP engine, can easily be concealed in the palm of both hands. Above that, you have a smidge of gasoline. Such a small engine will not take much, and the infrastructure to deliver that gasoline and oil is infinitely streamlined when compared to the horse necessities.

    If not a joke, it is another ill thought-out greenie "feel good" (and quite ridiculous) proposition.

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    • #3
      When the horse breaks down you can eat it.
      To sit down with these men and deal with them as the representatives of an enlightened and civilized people is to deride ones own dignity and to invite the disaster of their treachery - General Matthew Ridgway

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      • #4
        Originally posted by troung View Post
        When the horse breaks down you can eat it.

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          Hmmm, no vents for the......exhaust!
          Reddite igitur quae sunt Caesaris Caesari et quae sunt Dei Deo
          (Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and unto God the things which are God's)

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          • #6
            Originally posted by troung View Post
            When the horse breaks down you can eat it.
            The will have to remember to keep H.P. sauce in the glove box.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by sappersgt View Post
              Hmmm, no vents for the......exhaust!
              Exhaust...hmmm.
              For car or for Horse ?

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