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Life imitates scenarios

Maybe we are in Englightened Transition?  We speculated that we might be selling “Electric producing rowing machine for sale”.  A gym in Hong Kong now generates some of it’s electricity from the efforts of it’s customers. But not much.

“The gym chain has rigged up 13 machines at one of its clubs here. When all of them are in use, the power generated amounts to about 300 watts, roughly enough to run three 27-inch television sets, five 60-watt light bulbs or several hundred video iPods. If all the exercise machines were in use 10 hours a day for a year, the gym could generate roughly $183 worth of electricity. At that rate, it would take about 82 years to pay off the initial $15,000 investment.”

See Here: http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117270857656222691-3qllxXq2db3gi3uvYlQ53I8a_ak_20070308.html?mod=blogs
and here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4900188.stm

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