UltraHamster64 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 5 months agoYou could probably get electrical energy that is needed to run a gym (lights, accountant pc, vending machine) if you just install generators in all of this gym's exercise equipmentmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareYou could probably get electrical energy that is needed to run a gym (lights, accountant pc, vending machine) if you just install generators in all of this gym's exercise equipmentUltraHamster64 to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 5 months agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
You also need a big enough battery to get through slow hours. So you can get the Zero-emissions Off-the-grid gym!
minus-square@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months ago It can still be worth adding generators and wiring to exercise machines to offset energy consumption It seems like a lot of extra overhead for marginal benefit.
minus-square@humanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilink2•4 months agoIf you get 15k hours and 1500kwh out of the machine, if electricity rates are 20c/kwh, that is $300 in savings. It’s not amazing, but maybe “there’s some appreciation value for members for the clean energy”
It seems like a lot of extra overhead for marginal benefit.
If you get 15k hours and 1500kwh out of the machine, if electricity rates are 20c/kwh, that is $300 in savings. It’s not amazing, but maybe “there’s some appreciation value for members for the clean energy”