Green Planet Plans

Walking through town and I saw this bike with a box mounted on it that said (something like) Green Couriers and I thought “yeah, that’s a good idea, a country-wide network of cyclists that deliver packages”. I mean, there are plenty of people sitting around doing nothing and so it’d be better to use their energy for a good purpose, right?

Then I found myself wondering if the electricity contained in their body could he extracted more efficiently. Anyone know how much power can be got from your average human being if they were dissolved in a suitable vat of chemicals?

Aren’t you glad I’m just a creative writer rather than a politician!