As You Read This,

what do you have that a half of the world's population does not have?

electricity, which if you have it leads to a better standard of living and massive benefits in health care and almost as importantly education, enter Manoj Bhargava who you may have heard of from the 5-Hour Energy drink, 

the self-made-billionaire is spending his fortune on developing a very unique bicycle that will give everyone the opportunity to generate electricity on their own, pollution free, called the Free Electric machine, it’s a bicycle that will have scores of benefits for many people who live their daily lives off the grid, and on the grid too, the Free Electric machine was just launched through the Billions in Change campaign, an initiative spearheaded by Bhargava and his Michigan-based team,

whilst extremely wealthy, Bhargava is committed to helping others, ‘if you have wealth, it’s a duty to help those who don’t,’ says Bhargava in the newly released Billions in Change documentary, ‘make a difference in people’s lives, don’t just talk about it,’ according to the Billions in Change website, the Free Electric machine is small, light and easy to use, ‘a person pedals the hybrid bicycle, the bicycle wheel drives a flywheel, which turns a generator, which charges a battery, pedalling for one hour yields electricity for 24 hours with no utility bill, and no exhaust, no waste,’ what a neat idea, the machine itself is made from all sorts of typical bicycle parts, along with a few weights, an alternator, and a simple 12-V battery, the design and parts are all very basic on every level which means that this machine can be maintained and repaired by just about anyone, this new bicycle has two different price tags, $250 (USD) for those living in the developing world and for those of us living the life of the wealthy in the First World but want a work out and help to save pollution by producing your own electricity as you have a hour a day work out, the costs is $1200 (USD) no I am not on commission, I just thought it was a neat idea, having a work out and producing your days supply of electricity.