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Test Bike Generators in Paris, Rotterdam, and Barcelona

posted by hubie on Sunday December 10 2023, @09:32AM   Printer-friendly

canopic jug writes:

Low-tech Magazine has built a bicycle generator for a public exhibition on energy at the Pavillon d'Arsenal in Paris, France. Their two other bike generators can be seen and experimented with in Rotterdam, Netherlands and Barcelona, Spain.

In October, we built a third energy bicycle during a workshop at the House of the Future in Rotterdam. This bicycle generator is now used as an energy source in the community center. The House of the Future is open to the public, for details see their website and instagram.

In a future article, we will cover the construction process and technical details of these two new muscular power plants. These machines are based on spinning bikes and are more powerful than the first bike generator we built.

With electricity prices continually hitting new record highs, maybe the market is the EU?

[The Toaster Challenge can help put this energy-generation idea into perspective. --hubie]

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Opportunist on Sunday December 10 2023, @05:35PM (4 children)

    by Opportunist (5545) on Sunday December 10 2023, @05:35PM (#1336032)

    We solve our energy problems and the incoming unemployment problems at the same time.

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  • (Score: 2) by turgid on Monday December 11 2023, @09:03AM (1 child)

    by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 11 2023, @09:03AM (#1336098) Journal

    Don't give them ideas.

    • (Score: 2) by Opportunist on Monday December 11 2023, @12:24PM

      by Opportunist (5545) on Monday December 11 2023, @12:24PM (#1336107)

      You really think they depend on me for that?

  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday December 11 2023, @05:32PM (1 child)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Monday December 11 2023, @05:32PM (#1336140) Journal

    They'll find a way to make people pay for the "privilege" of generating power for them. Paying the people? How quaint. :-)

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    The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.

    • (Score: 2) by Opportunist on Tuesday December 12 2023, @12:12AM

      by Opportunist (5545) on Tuesday December 12 2023, @12:12AM (#1336191)

      Who said anything about paying anyone?

      I promised jobs. Not wages.