Reply from "Power Train"

[Anonymous]

Got your message- good luck with initiative with city. We don't actually sell this equipment. It was something we pulled together for state of california when we had power crisis- way too expensive per Kw for regular power needs, even more expensive (and dirty) than most peakers. We did it mostly to test emission control devices for locomotives. I wish you the best of luck!

Mike Hart

[ajmiller]

Now see, with hobo wheels, you can fuel them with almost any edible substance, and the emissions can be collected and burned in a gas turbine generator.

By the way, do you at least tell the people that you correspond with that you're going to post their replies on an internet forum?

[dharmon]

I like the "hobo wheel" concept....but there are a few problems......motivation, for one. Unless you have a police officer or K9 unit chasing them, you'd have to prod them with a stick (or cattle prod) to move. Work stoppages would be another.....anytime a cigarette butt was tossed on the ground nearby they'd hop off the wheel to collect it, as well as any recyclable cans or loose change.

[ajmiller]

Ah, but one could install grills on the sides of the wheels to prevent "hobo leakage". I call the grills "hobo deflectors." The grills come equipped with a trap door for actuating an optional motivator unit (aka hungry tiger).