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There are such places..

dance club in Hong Kong where the lights are powered by humans moving...
buses in Brazil powered by stationary bikes inside...

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/ 
SB117270857656222691-3qllxXq2db3gi3uvYlQ53I8a_ak_20070308.html?mod=blogs

My favorite source for this stuff is the Treehugger blog.  They also  
occasionally have neat stuff on solar fashion and other tactile  
delights.




On Dec 6, 2007, at 2:07 PM, Eric Siegel wrote:

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> Thanks for the very useful thread.  So far, I score a solid 60% in  
> my green habits, if you include Bob Russell's suggestion.
>
> But I had an idea that I wonder if anyone has tried or thought of.  
> I think what set me off on this idea was a film clip of water  
> buffalo walking around in circles to run a mill.  My mind naturally  
> elided this with people running on treadmills in gyms, what I  
> always think of as "hamster time."  So, what if we made an "energy  
> health club" in a science center.  The trick is that you *have* to  
> run/pedal/stairclimb to keep the lights on or the TV going or  
> whatever entertainment you use to keep your mind off the numbing  
> boredom of running on a treadmill.  Green types would love it  
> (someone has to be pedaling on the stationary bike to make the  
> carrot/ginger/wheatgrass juicer work).  You could charge like a  
> regular health club while providing a valuable lesson in green  
> power.  There could be a decorative waterfall sculpture in the  
> middle that only works if enough people are pedaling. Those insane  
> speed pedaling classes that I see would be rewarded with even  
> louder disco music to keep them motivated.  Maybe even sell  
> electricity back to the grid or make part of the exhibit on battery  
> storage.
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> Any takers?  Let's Collaborate, Let's Innovate, Lets have Strategic  
> Impact!
>
> Now, back to the regularly scheduled NSF proposal which is already  
> in progress.
>
> Eric Siegel
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