The United States is facing several so-called crises, energy, obesity and unemployment are three that are often spoken of.
These three crises are always referred to as separate problems, but they are not separate problems. They are related.
We have an energy crisis because we insist on using power-hungry machines to do even the simplest of manual tasks, even when a manually-powered option is readily available.
We have an obesity crisis because we insist on using machines to do even the simplest of manual tasks, instead of using our bodies to do the work.
We have an unemployment crisis because we insist on using machines to do jobs that used to have been done by people. One machine can take the place of dozens of workers.
The thing that links those three crises is machines.
This journal is dedicated to the exploration and study of human-powered tools and their implementation.
Would we have an energy crisis is folks made a concerted effort to use tools powered only by their own labor?
What would happen to our obesity epidemic if everyone rode a bicycle for trips under two miles? In six months of riding 3 miles roundtrip to work everyday I dropped from a 46-inch waist to 40-inches, and I wasn't even trying.
What would happen to unemployment if a farmer went and hired several dozen people and handed them hoes instead of using a massive machine to work his fields?
This journal is dedicated to the exploration and study of human-powered tools and their implementation.
