UltraHamster64@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 20 hours 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-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up179arrow-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@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 20 hours agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-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-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours 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-squarehumanspiral@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours 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”