Spinning for Dinner

"Realistically, this isn't a practical way of generating a useful amount of energy, but I certainly wouldn't criticise it," Alex Randall of the Centre for Alternative Technology told the London Guardian. "As a lesson, and a means of public engagement, it's excellent – if you sit someone on a bike, pedalling hard, and show them they are only generating enough to power one lightbulb or TV, it makes them appreciate how difficult energy is to produce, and therefore why we should be careful not to waste it."