The Salvation Army Gateway shelter will soon be glowing with lights using pedal power from old exercise bikes.Sort of a hamster wheel for hippies... I love it.
The WeloBike project launches Feb. 12 at the Jarvis St. shelter and volunteers are needed to come in and pedal away for at least 30 minutes at a stretch.Hey... how about an initiative that pays squeegie-kids to generate power for Toronto's methadone clinics while we're at it?
Kill two birds with one stone.
Oh yeah... one last little observation.
Did anybody else notice that they spent 3000 bucks for the cool bike-generators... plus the money for deep-cycle batteries, plus special lights... and bear in mind they need volunteers to travel to the shelter to do the pedalling... in hopes of lighting a single room?
Anybody have any idea how long you could power one light fixture (without, by the way, a bank of lead-acid batteries, special light fixtures and a dozen daily leftard volunteers) for 3500 smackeroos?
Just askin.
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