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The UK recently began a web site that takes suggestions for ideas that would help the economy. This particular entry really stood out.
So, while we are looking at ways to wean ourselves off of Middle East oil, let's take a serious look at a source of energy that is right under our very noses.
In Victorian times, prisoners had to walk a treadmill or turn a hand crank before they were fed. Nowadays these devices could be made to generate electricity. This would save money by saving electricity bills for the prisons, and possibly even selling some back to the National grid. It would also make prison more of a deterrent, thus making criminals less likely to offend.
So, while we are looking at ways to wean ourselves off of Middle East oil, let's take a serious look at a source of energy that is right under our very noses.