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This sort of thing could be put to good use, for instance if they installed massive ranks of bicycle generators, they could let people get tickets by actually p
by moocowduckquack 13y ago
This sort of thing could be put to good use, for instance if they installed massive ranks of bicycle generators, they could let people get tickets by actually powering the trains.
- dchichkov 13y agoThey've used to do that kind of thing in the past http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barge_Haulers_on_the_Volga http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barge_Haulers_on_the_Volga
- moocowduckquack 13y agoI was thinking of Charlie Brooker's version from Black Mirror.
- sn41 13y agoI think we are rediscovering civilization :) Before long, people would realize - hey! cattle are even stronger than humans. We will have horse-drawn carriages in the near future. :)
- colinbartlett 13y agoThere already is the little old lady in the booth at the bottom of every escalator in the Moscow subway. Isn't she on a bike powering the escalators? :)
- DanBC 13y agoI went to Moscow in 1986. I was yelled at by one of those little old ladies because I made the mistake of trying to take a photo of the (beautiful) underground station. I hope someone (Google maps?) will eventually get around to documenting these and other stations.
- guard-of-terra 13y agoSorry for your poor experience. You can make photos in Metro for a few years now, and it's official. I think there are extensive sets of stations' photos somewhere on the net (Wikimedia commons?) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Taganskaya-Koltsevaya http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Taganskaya-Koltse... , for example
- DanBC 13y ago> Sorry for your poor experience. Oh no! I had been warned not to take photos. It was my own fault. I had an amazing time in Russia, even in 1986.
- superuser2 13y agoThis doesn't generate nearly enough power to be cost- or energy-efficient. It would be a fun gimmick though.
- sebcat 13y agoYeah, or you could ride a bicycle to where you're going.
- icebraining 13y agoMoscow doesn't strike me as the best place for that, at least during the winter.
- epsylon 13y agoIn French train stations, there are installations which allow you to charge your electrical devices by pedaling. I'm sure these must have been installed in other countries as well.