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Originally Posted by stampsx2
Why don't they have treadmills and exercise bikes you could plug into your grid. Produces a lot of energy and could cut down on your electricity bill. Bit of a motivator to excersise in a blackout or those with very high electricity bills. I'm guessing the power generation would be minimal or something?
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A single stationary bike would hardly produce enough energy to make any kind of difference.
Even if you were able to put out 250W for an entire hour of biking (someone in good shape), and with electricity at the 8 cents/kilowatt-hour I currently pay, you'd save a total of 2 cents (.25kW-hr * 8 cents/kW-hr).