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A Gym Powered By Sweat

Feb 17, 2010-- 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. (2639 reads)


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