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Andy Champ wrote:
On 24/09/2012 01:17, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
A hamster on a treadmill neither wrecks the landscape nor is especially
unreliable.


I put it to you that the required number of hamsters would be even more
impractical than the required number of windmills. Anyway, what's the
load factor on a hamster?


about 20%. Similar to windmills

Andy



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