Not sure about your film reference but a Google search on "humans pedal to generate electricity" provides some 200,000 replies with quite a few indicating this is already being done, albeit on a smaller scale, from locations such as a Danish Hotel to Brazillian prisons, and with commercial and DIY projects aimed at individuals also available. It seems to be quite a common theme in fiction too so perhaps your film is somewhere in those results but I don't have time, spot the doomed attempt to keep at least vaguely on-topic again:-), to check them all. Amongst plenty of other works of fiction that include this concept as part of the plot, and the IMDB does indicate this one to be a work in progress as far as a proposed film is concerned, is a book entitled "Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse". Whether or not the work itself is worthy of any consideration whatsoever I have no idea, but it deserves an award just for the title:-) Regards Nigel GM8PZR In a message dated 25/09/2012 07:05:55 GMT Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
It's a dark and quiet night, and list traffic is way down, so please forgive me for this way off topic request. I'm writing a book about automation and have a chapter on the future thereof. I have a dim memory of a TV show or movie in black and white that has the teeming billions of earth living in high-rise buildings, each in a self- contained room. Occasionally, they "work" by pedaling a machine that generates electricity for the tower. Their leader exorts them to work harder through a wall-sized TV set. Does anybody recognize that scenario? At least one writer has suggested "welfare dormitories" for the 50% of workers made redundant by automation around 2050. Would like to get it into the book if I had a reference. Note the use of a time in the future to stay near topic. Bill Hawkins _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
