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Feb 17, 2010

"The day will come when, after harnessing space, the winds, the tides and gravitation, we shall harness the energies of love. And on that day, for the second time in the history of the world, we shall have discovered fire." --Pierre Tielhard de Chardin

A Gym Powered By Sweat

A US gym has installed specially-adapted exercise bikes that recycle energy generated by people as they work out. The Green Microgym in Portland, Oregon, aims to be a carbon neutral exercise facility through the use of solar power and human-generated energy from clients as they pedal and run. Thus far, it helps power things like the DVD player and air conditioning, but owners are soon expecting the entire gym to run solely on member-generated energy.