The Poorhouse Part II - The Power of Human Energy

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are currently facing an enery crisis that gets more and more urgent each year. We need to find a way to extract more energy from our currently abundent sources. While fossil fuels, wind solar, biomass, and nuclear all have their rightful place in our nation's and the world's energy portfolio, we have essentially ignored an energy source that we have in abundance everywhere we look. This source of enery is all around us. We see it whenever we walk out onto the street. We see it whenever we turn on the TV. We see it oftentimes when we drive through town. The energy source I am talking about is HUMAN Energy. Yes - Human Energy.

Human Energy - an energy source that can help provide for our energy needs. I was doing some calculations, and I realized that the human body operating at peak physical exertion can produce more than enough energy for several human energy consumers. That is to say, for every single human producer of energy, the peak energy produced by that one human can support several human consumers of energy, assuming the human energy producer is of equal size to or larger than the human energy consumers. Therefore, conservatively, if we were to sequestor one human, and put him to work in a kind of setting where he is forced to drive a machine (i.e., an electrical generator) at a production level requiring his absolute peak physical exertion, than the energy output from that machine (i.e., electrical generator) could easily supply the needs of at least two human consumers. You can hopefully see, now, where I am going with this.

If we are to successfully harness the power of human energy, than we must establish institutions were certain classes of humans are forced to produce the energy that may be consumed by the rest of us. The prisons would be a good starting point. Most prison inmates are physically fit and many are large and physically imposing specimens of humanity. Therefore, they may be easily used by the authorities to drive stationary bikes or treadmills that would, in turn, drive electrical generators that would supply power to the grid. The prisons these days are nothing more than a type of state-run spa and resort, where inamtes get free meals, and can spend their days relaxing in their cells, watching cable TV. They are even given excersize yards where they can work out and lift weights! - where is that energy going?? Nowhere! However the prison population alone would not be sufficient to supply energy for the rest of us.

The real solution lies in establishing poorhouses, as discussed in a previous post. Most of the poor are obese to begin with! Therefore, we must sequestor the poor, and other leaches of society and put them in poorhouses, where they will be forced to drive stationary bikes or treadmills or, better yet, eliptical-type machines with ALL arms and legs, and these machines would, in turn, drive electrical generators that would supply power to the grid! These poor would be supplied with bowls of synthetic gruel, and that would give them the energy to keep working those energy-producing treadmills! That and the fact that many of them are obese to begin with would mean they have plenty of fat to burn off in driving those treadmills. These people will be worked on the treadmills to the point of collapse from exhaustion and driven on the treadmills by whippings. I'm thinking they will be worked on the treadmills a minimum of 16 hours a day. And remember, as discussed in the previous posting on The Poorhouse, they will not be allowed to die! For they will be fed sufficient gruel to keep them running those treadmills up to their maximum capacity! And thus, They will also FINALLY be put to useful work supplying badly needed energy for the rest of society! For more details on the philosphy behind establishing the poorhouses, in general, there is an earlier post on the subject. In any event, we can easily start to address our current energy crises by finally harnessing the power of HUMAN ENERGY!