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.)
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 🥞
Human exercise produces so little electricity that it would probably be a net negative to produce everything required for this gimmick.
I bet a place like that already exists somewhere!
I once helped ride a stationary bicycle for 2 hours to charge batteries enough to watch a movie. So it does exist.
It’s like slavery, but with extra steps.