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Stairs on one side and something like a waterwheel on the other. Charge less than a gym and sell it as partially powering whatever local association/charity cou
by zdkl 9y ago
Stairs on one side and something like a waterwheel on the other. Charge less than a gym and sell it as partially powering whatever local association/charity could do with a break.
Credit me when it's a thing heh
- govg 9y agoProceeding along this train of thought, they've already made a TV show episode out of it : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteen_Million_Merits
- davnicwil 9y agoI know this is a joke, but I wonder if this concept - a gym where the machines generate power - actually could be a thing. It's greener in a pleasantly 'immediate' way - i.e. you could quite literally be keeping the lights, music system, etc on at the gym :-) And what's more, assuming power costs are a non-trivial overhead, it could even result in lower membership fees. If somebody opens a gym like this, sign me up!
- jlebrech 9y agothat would be cool, you power the batteries and those batteries light up the gym and power the usb sockets the the user's phones.
- gambiting 9y agoThe gym that I go has machines that are almost all self-powered, with the exception of things like thread mils for obvious reasons. So if you jump on a stationary bike none of the electronics will turn on unless you start pedaling, and to get the fan going you have to pedal for a minute or so first.
- tinym 9y agohttp://www.thegreenmicrogymbelmont.com/about/ http://www.thegreenmicrogymbelmont.com/about/