Monday, December 3, 2012

‘POTENTIAL’ ENERGY: GYMMING’S GOOD FOR THE ENERGY CRISIS

Here’s the latest on the goofy side; gyms claim they can make energy

For a nerdish example, listen to California Fitness Club in Hong Kong, which claims it can produce 300 watts of power per hour from its 13 machines using innovative apparatus. More hilariously, Enviu, a Dutch NGO, is also building a dance floor that will convert the vibrations made out of tapping of the feet into electricity. The US military uses ‘heel strike generator’ that can be fitted into their shoes which can support any battery that is fitted in any weaponry that they are carrying. With more than 26,830 gyms in US alone – and the data that an average person can produce 50 watts of electricity in an hour using a gym machine – are we at the cusp of a revolution where a revolutionary 500 million watts of electricity can be produced in US alone by exercise freaks? For a country with 3,892,000,000 million watts energy demand every year, all this is pure balderdash and stupid think! And yoga doesn’t even make this list. But still, imagine the possibilities in the third world. BSES officials in New Delhi pounding the treadmills all night long to reduce electricity shortfall. That sounds good... 


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri

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