JumpStart by Robb Armstrong for April 30, 2014
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Give it to me straight, charlene. Can you fix this washer? I can take this old machine and reassemble it to use grey water to generate power! You'll no longer have an energy bill! you can live off the grid! how about just making it wash clothes again? You're Boring Marcy.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member over 10 years ago
I’d like that skill
AMarsh1 over 10 years ago
Sign me up! Our electricity bill is now over $200/month. We could replace the washer every year and still save a ton.
Olddog1 over 10 years ago
AshburnStadium. About 10 minutes ago I found out that Exelon is buying my electric provider (Pepco). Thanks for making my day.
PoodleGroomer over 10 years ago
Replace it with a front loading washer. They are simpler, quieter, use less energy, soap, and water, clean better, handle larger loads and items like sleeping bags, coats, and blankets with less stress, and the spin cycle removes the water to where the clothes are almost dry.
kab2rb over 10 years ago
Come on Marcy just break down and buy a new washer and dryer. Most or all are energy efficient.
Gokie5 over 10 years ago
The residents of Florida have been privileged to pay $1.5 billion to Duke Energy for a power plant that will not be built. And Duke can keep it, too! (Our state legislature at work!)http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/thank-you-tallahassee-for-making-us-pay-so-much-for-nothing/2134390
hippogriff over 10 years ago
Gokie5: To say nothing of making mountains of their ash, which then “landslide” into creeks and rivers, thus poisoning major water sources.
jeffihara over 10 years ago
Energy from grey water? Cool. But also impossible, unless you use it to turn a water wheel.
David Huie Green LoveJoyAndPeace over 10 years ago
Marcy has not joined the disposable mindset which wastes resources and rapidly fills landfills.GOOD GURL
Pipe Tobacco Premium Member over 10 years ago
I have really enjoyed this story arc!!!! There have been many great story arcs lately as well, but this one espcecially struck my fancy! Thank you, Robb!+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++As always, thank you for keeping it real!!!!
krys723 over 10 years ago
I love Charlene’s skill lets make that happen
PoodleGroomer over 10 years ago
All of the top loaders and most of the front loaders have AC induction motors which have no permanent field and won’t generate power when spun.
PoodleGroomer over 10 years ago
You need a permanent magnet dc or rectify a stepper motor. If you have power to supply a field, you can run a dc motor or an alternator.