Y'all don't know this, but, I'm deeply into Alternative Energy, and, Electric Transportation. I'm about to start my first Build of a Solar Panel, to start charging Batteries I have slowly gathered. I have 4 APC UPS's to use as inverters, for what little AC current we need in our house.
I have a stream and have built 2 small dams. That will give us enough current to help charge when the sun is not bright.
I have constructed a small Wind Turbine, as a test for this area. Now, I will begin construction of a larger one. We do get some nice breezes up on our hilltop. I am also building LED lights. All this stuff will be run on 12V DC current.
I'm also experimenting on converting Automotive Alternators into motors. Some are much better suited than others.
BIG thing I am into, is, building an electric Bicycle. I have a crate due to arrive here any day now. It has tools and Batteries, and chargers and all sorts of stuff I have been collecting, in Fl. Along these lines, I also have drawn plans for a leaning reverse trike Motorcycle, to be also powered by electricity. I have the complete rear wheel, gearbox, swing arm suspension, the motor, all in Fl., 1 front wheel for now, that I will use temporarily for the rear wheel of the e-bike, and some other goodies in that same crate.
All this leads up to this thread title.
I am also a member of Endless-Sphere forum, the best site on the Internet for all things E-Powered. Guys have built 80 MPH Bicycles, E-motorcycles, and, many have commuter bikes for running errands, getting to and from work, and anything else needed. One guy owns an E-Motorcycle race team, and won first time out.
Well, yesterday, there was a Hostile takeover of the site. Some uninformed gent bought the site out from under us members, due to another persons advice.
Suffice it to say that the members put up such a fuss and threats to ruin the site, and a few actually started to delete content, that we got stopped, and put so much pressure on the Vampires that wanted to MONETIZE the site, with all sorts of ads, mostly from unscrupulous Chinese Vendors and other con artists, that the new owner is, at this moment, getting ready to sell the site to the members, probably at a reduced price. If not, the site will be trashed, and worthless.
All this, because the site was meant to ALWAYS be open source and free to all. There are some VERY educated and smart Engineers, Computer techs, software language engineers, machinists, electrical people, contractors, the list is endless, that all agreed to smash Corporate America, one step at a time.
Over the course of 26 hours, there were 25 pages all in 1 thread, started after word about the takeover was released. Some of the posts were deleted, until the owner realized he was playing with a MOB, that would end the site with all sorts of ideas, all legal, although under handed.
He and his sock puppet buddy backed down VERY quickly and decided to give in.
SCORE ONE FOR THE LITTLE GUYS.
NOW, if the rest of the USA would act the same way, the stinking Corporate thieves and their sock puppet politicians would have their greedy mitts full of problems.
