And I thought Americans were carbrained, holy shit.
(To be fair, he’s not wrong in that this is intended to keep the auto companies and the government nice and fat – but the obvious response to this is to agitate for better public transit, not railing against an environmentally sound policy.)
Yeah, that one always gets me: and then they run 5 miles on a treadmill.
I always thought the equipment should all be hooked up to some sort of generator somehow so that the place could turn all that energy being spent exercising into electricity for the lights etc. There could also be pancakes 🥞
It’s like slavery, but with extra steps.
I bet a place like that already exists somewhere!
I read an article forever ago about a place in Tibet that wasn’t on the grid and had pedal chargers for some laptops at a computer cafe
I once helped ride a stationary bicycle for 2 hours to charge batteries enough to watch a movie. So it does exist.