A hotel in Europe is testing out a new idea that gives hotel guests a free meal if they can generate enough electricity by pedaling a bike hooked up to generators.
The Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers near Copenhagen, Denmark has been encouraging hotel guests to use exercise bikes located at the hotel and hooked up to generators. If the guests can generate 10 watt hours of electricity, then they will receive a free meal, which costs around $44 USD.

The goal of the hotel is to save money, save electricity, and get hotel guests in shape while giving them a free meal.

The test is scheduled for a year, and if successful, could possibly be used to power other hotels.

I am pretty cheap, so I would take up this offer for a free meal, especially a meal that costs $44. I am not exactly sure how much effort it would take to achieve 10 watt hours of electricity, but I am guessing it is not entirely difficult to achieve that much for someone not too old. I could just imagine old people trying to do it.

In Europe, people tend to walk more and weigh less. Therefore, this would be such a great idea in the United States where lots of people are over weight and tend to rely on cars, and not feet, to get around.

I would really like to see these installed at fast food restaurants.

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