Occupy Wall Street Plans To Stay Forever With 15 New Bike-Powered Generators

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Love it, love it, love it! OWS forever! Let's not only permanently occupy, but transform the spaces we occupy into centers for sustainability! http://www.occupy-wallstreet.c...

The lass on the bike is cuuute! Why couldn't this movement come 5 years ago when I was young and free as a bird? Damn this monogamy stance of mine...

It takes 6 hours for a bike to recharge a car battery which only utilizes that power for 4 hours: you can recharge cell phones, tablets, computers and basic things, but using this method for heat and and light, all winter is useless. The bottom line is, they need diesel generators to heat the military-grade canvas tents which by the way, will still be cold (no insulation.)

As for lighting, I'm quite surprised that with the over $750,000 worth of cash donations for OWS, that no one has utilized solar panels or just plain batteries for lighting fixtures; LEDs go a long way on little power. Also, if it was me sleeping in the park (which it isn't,) I would be finding a public library to recharge any device I had instead of looking for more handouts.

I have spent some of my free time down at Zuccotti Park. Not as a demonstrator or protester, but as an observer—photo journalism. I have found, which isn't hard to see, three major divisions of the park which are divided like this: 1. The most eastern part of the park from Broadway to the New Medical Tent is an area of fairly decent social order, organization, and cleanliness. 2. The Medical Tent, Segregated Women's Area, and the Kitchen is "Midtown" which is fairly safe, fairly clean, and somewhat organized. 3. The last area, from the edge of the Make-shift Kitchen to Trinity Place is chaotic, dirty, and completely unorganized; many of its inhabitants, from what the (unnamed) OWS organizers have told me are people who need a place to crash: drug addicts, criminals, etc. and If you go down there (and walk inside the park) you will see exactly that—a summer camp for the delusional.

The Park's owners, Brookfield Office Properties, are allowing this encampment. The second they "pull the plug," which can be any day, the park will be swiftly vacated, probably with force. If you "occupy" my front lawn what happens? I call the authorities and have you removed which would probably result in aggression from you and the police, it's a natural reaction to ending an occupation. A great example to this, and completely unrelated politically, is when the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) forcibly removed every Jewish family and Jewish person from Gaza in 2005, the IDF then fully left the area and it's now controlled by Hamas, not Egypt, its original owner(s).

My point is, there's nothing in the US Constitution that allows you to occupy private property, in fact, quite the contrary. I'd be much more impressed and perhaps more involved, if OWS occupied a true public space owned by the city, state, or federal government. Here are some parks in the area to consider for this occupation: Hudson River Park (NYS), Battery Park (NYC),  City Hall Park (NYC), West Thames Park (NYC), Rector Park (NYC), Union Square Park (NYC), Castle Clinton National Monument (USA).

NOOOOOOOOOOO.  Stop focusing on finding ways to render a public park unusable for everyone else for LONGER, start getting to the point so you can go HOME.

Wow, bike powered generators!  That's better than a gym membership.

Can we get Michael Moore on one?  Think of the power he could generate!!!!

I can't wait to watch the photos of these assholes in the middle of winter. Guess I'll just cozy up to my monitor in a fuzzy sweater and a steaming cup of hot chocolate.

Testify Brother Greg!

These dopes are walking to DC? I knew they were stupid but I didn't think they were total retards. This gets funnier every day.

Did they leave enough people to 'guard' the fort? Aren't they afraid that the enemy will overrun them with such a small force guarding the park? Hope a bunch of gang members don't attack at night. Ha ha ha.

Maybe big bad Mayor Blowme will use this opprtunity to take back the park. Probably not, the little effing weasal doesn't have any balls.

Maybe the fire department will decide that those tents are fire traps. I can't wait for the morons to come back from their pilgrimage to DC. Effing jerks.

You don't like anyone, do you?

Sure I do. I did all kinds of jobs since I was a teen. I served my country during VietNam, got married, raised kids, got some grandkids, made lots of friends, bought a house, saved my money for retirement which is what I do now.

One thing I NEVER did was try to steal money that other people earned. I never tried to get someone else's money because they had more than I did.

I never broke the law by taking over someone's property, caused local businesses to lose money, pissed or crapped on the sidewalk, threatened people walking on the street.

Yeah, I like a lot of people but not filthy, dirty, hippy leeches.

Good for you!  But your anger is largely misplaced.  It should be directed towards the elected officials, business leaders and others whose greed and indifference brought us to where we are today.

The world has changed considerably since you were striving to achieve your American dream.  For example, when the Vietnam war ended the unemployment rate was around 8%, but today unemployment is 12% (an increase of 50%).  The housing situation has been similarly negatively impacted (just ask your kids and maybe grand kids). 

You may not be aware of it, but many of the OWS protesters are veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq.  Are there crackpots out there?  Absolutely, and OWS-NYC, unlike other cities, seems to be a magnet for nuts from all over the country (and the organizers at Zuccotti need to deal effectively and quickly with that problem).  But that is not to say that the OWS protesters don't have an important message to convey. How well OWS is able to organize itself and move ahead from here remains to be seen.

Yes, you worked hard for what you have, but whether or not you realize it, you were also enabled in no small measure by a more favorable economy which simply doesn't exist today.

don't be ridiculous; votersofny (not a very presumptuous handle; no, not at all) loves his masters. lick them boots son!

Dear Greg,

Shut the fuck up.

Sincerely,
The Universe

LMAO

and why do all these cocksucking ows protesters have all these cell phones and laptops and chuck t's and all this other crap arent they just supporting "fat cats" so yea they are the true dumbasses not my no typing ass that you are trying to make fun of

You seem to be obsessed with cock for some reason.

WAHHH

That point has been made a thousand times. Can't you come up with something better than that?

noo its my right to spew diareha out of my mouth anytime i please and anywhere i want so shut the hell up douche

I guess punctuation is for elitists, huh? And proper spelling. And correct grammar.

just because you can, doesn't mean you should

i hate when hippies talk about their constitutional rights to protest but they will try so hard to squash my rights to bear assult rifles or hell guns in general        what a bunch of commies

Dear Greg,

We understand your concerns.  But we really want to meet with you personally to discuss your interesting comments regarding assult [sic] rifles and hell guns. 

Best regards,

The FBI

DONT SQUASH MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IT SEMI AUTO DUDE TOTALLY LEGAL WHY DONT YOU GO SMOKE SOME MORE POT AND TALK ABOUT HOW CAPITALISM WILL FAIL YOU DAMN COMMIE

the 50's called; they want their hysteria back.

Hooray!  No end to the worthless squatters in sight!

Really..how long are we going to have to put up with this crap for?  They don't even have demands...they're just annoying and pointless...like the taint...

"worthless squatters"

IS THERE ANOTHER KIND?

The fact this is still going on with no formal end in sight clearly means not enough crazies have been sent there.  I know I'll be sending all the homeless people in my neighberhood there.  I'm going to start posting signs.

You live in a neighborhood with a lot of homeless people?  Maybe you should consider moving to a better neighborhood instead of just posting signs.

I like the look of those beard hats.  Where can you get them?  Is OWS selling them?

Kudos to Occupy Boston for shipping the first of those bicycle-powered generators to NYC!  I'm glad to hear some good news coming out of Zuccotti Park for a change. Too many crazies seem to have moved in there lately.

shut up you liberal c**k loving hippie i hope you all get the flu and perish i hate you all and everything you stand for everytime any of you open your mouths its like endless crap just spewing out with no control.

OMG I HATE HATE HATE HATE HIPPIES take you and all your bongo beating patchoulie wearing loser friends and go jump off a cliff

cool story, bro

You hate all cock lovers? Man, that must get to be a problem.

I'm no more a hippie than you are a sane person.  Get a grip, troll.

I've actually never seen anyone have a stroke while typing before. Bravo for finishing your "thought".

look you damn hippie im not writing a book report for my g** liberal unv. of berkly dumb a** teacher im ranting go smoke some pot you college know it all hippie you dont make me feel dumb so good try!!!!!!!!!!

so much hate. if only we had bile-driven vehicles, you'd be henry freakin ford. oops -- an historical reference; i must be one of those college kids you love to hate.

At least it is quiet and green...

I thought those generators ran on the OWS folks' sense of self-satisfaction? (kidding)

Is that Jennifer Connelly on that bike?

sshe can ride on my generator

Agreed.  She's kinda cute.  If I go down there (to Zuccotti Park), will I see her?  Might have to rethink my position on OWS.

They paid her to sit on the bike. There are no females at OWS-- only "female-bodied" people.

Nobody cares about a 30 second ride. These people need lots of energy!

Rock on.

no not rock on these people are so stupid and lazy and retarted its getting so out of control i hate these commie losers and everything they stand for god they are all a bunch of college know it all hippies who went to expensive colleges for some retarted degree and spent like 50,000 dollars or maybe more and got a poetry degree or a liberal arts degree or a journalism degree when their writing sucks no wonder they cant pay off their college loans much less find a job wow what f***tards

@greg - Someone who can't spell "retarded" (or who thinks it's trenchant to even use the term in the first place) doesn't really have any room to criticize how others write.  #CoolStoryBro

You just won everyone over with your mile long run-on sentence.

You know what else a college education may get you?  An ability to understand how to properly use punctuation.

cool story, bro.

It at least has the advantage of being more inventive than yours.

"inventive" as in "creating something that doesn't exist," agreed.

Throw on some clipless pedals, drop/aero bars and a way to measure power output and I bet they could get a bunch of roadies to show up.

How many tweets do you think you can run off 200 watts?

They were promptly sued by Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes.

And ticketed by NYPD for riding on the sidewalk.

sweet

Has the OWS accomplished anything yet??  All I hear about is civil disobedience and smelly hippies ruining downtown.  Step up and make some changes or go home.  So far you just sound like little bitches who want government hand outs like the hood rats already get.  get your resume up to date and get a job.  stop hating people who have money.  i am not rich and never will but i get up and do something positive every day to create progress in my life.  OWS is scum so far.  get a leader with a message or the majority of the public can never agree with you.  if you think these stupid pols mean anything your wrong.  OWS as a group can't run for government.  that is all for now.  OWS stinks

Hi Jimmy
you sound like a productive member.
Here's a website you can learn about what's going on, down at Zuccotti Park.
http://www.nycga.net/
I know making up sh*t has become the American way, if you aren't able to figure something out, by just reading the NY Post.
So you'll be surprised about the amount of productive and constructive things going on. Hopefully reading and learning aren't against your views.

i dont care to read that garbage but thanks.  i can see progress my self and i don't see any.  have a nice winter .  hope to see some lost limbs this year for christmas