[IslandCrow]

Pedel hard for a free meal - or getting businessmen into shape to be energy slaves:


$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]A Danish hotel is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike attached to a generator.

The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen says the idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint.

Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity - roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness.

The hotel already produces renewable energy with solar panels on its facade.

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The bicycles will have iPhones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel.
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If successful, the electric bicycle meal programme will be extended to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK, the hotel said in statement.

[Narz]

That's cool.

[JimBad05]

This is simply PR. The people are required to produce 10 watts.

Electricity is sold by the kilowatt hour (kwh), which is 1000 watts. In the US, a kwh sells for $0.08-$0.10. These people will produce .01 kwh.

0.1kwh x $0.10 = $0.001 saved.

They're giving away free meals for those that produce one-tenth of one-cent worth of power.

It's all hype.

[timmac]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JimBad05', 'T')his is simply PR. The people are required to produce 10 watts.

Electricity is sold by the kilowatt hour (kwh), which is 1000 watts. In the US, a kwh sells for $0.08-$0.10. These people will produce .01 kwh.

0.1kwh x $0.10 = $0.001 saved.

They're giving away free meals for those that produce one-tenth of one-cent worth of power.

It's all hype.

[dorlomin]

A wonderfull illustrion of the energy needed to shower with pedal power.