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Sounds like it was really quite "low-tech." The stationary bikes spun an old car alternator, which recharged a battery. The battery
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Here's something for you to consider.
If it takes the efforts of 9 cyclists to spin a car alternator, how much bike-power would it take to spin the alternator, and maybe an A/C compressor... and also actually propel a 4000-pound vehicle down the street? It boggles the mind to think how much energy the typical car-commuter requires, to get from Point A to Point B. (And multiply that by the millions of car-commuters out there, on any given day.)
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