On Fri, Jun 2, 2023, 4:49 PM Bret Busby <b...@busby.net> wrote: > On 2/6/23 23:55, James H. H. Lampert wrote: > > <snip> > > > Luddites of the World Unite! You have nothing to lose but your upgrade > > treadmills > > If, by upgrade treadmills, you mean the flatbed treadmills, that have a > belt that is turned by the human walking on it, rather than the electric > ones with electric motors for lazy humans, the ones that have the belt
I'm afraid he meant the treadmill that used to be called "planned obsolescence". The thought that a perfectly satisfactory machine no longer suffices for you because it is "yesterday's model". Thereafter it will stop working with newer machines (or software) which are intended to be incompatible with it. And what is the end in view? Sell you a new machine. > that is turned by the human walking on it, having a slight, and, > adjustable upward grade, then, such treadmills should definitely not be > abandoned. > > The human powered (rather than electric powered) treadmills are far more > healthy, both directly for the human powering the treadmill, and, for > the environment, especially, given that most electricity is generated > either by burning things, and therefore, creating atmospheric pollution, > and, poisoning most lifeforms, or, by nuclear meltdowns, causing > radioactive poisoning, and, even worse toxic waste, than from burning > things. > > So, human powered treadmills, that involve an upward grade, should not > be abandoned, the abandonment of which treadmills, threatens life, for > the sake of ever-increasing laziness. > > .. > Bret Busby > Armadale > West Australia > (UTC+0800) > .............. > >
