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And I thought Americans were carbrained, holy shit.

(To be fair, he's not wrong in that this is intended to keep the auto companies and the government nice and fat -- but the obvious response to this is to agitate for better public transit, not railing against an environmentally sound policy.)

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 43 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, that one always gets me: and then they run 5 miles on a treadmill.

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I always thought the equipment should all be hooked up to some sort of generator somehow so that the place could turn all that energy being spent exercising into electricity for the lights etc. There could also be pancakes 🥞

[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Human exercise produces so little electricity that it would probably be a net negative to produce everything required for this gimmick.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 5 points 13 hours ago

It’s like slavery, but with extra steps.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 3 points 12 hours ago

I bet a place like that already exists somewhere!