[masklinn]

> To be honest, although I realize it would be ridiculous, but if inverters were small and cheap, I would personally prefer having an exercise bike plugged into the grid. That way my exercise energy would at least be useful to someone, somewhere.

The only thing it would do is fuck up the grid. Grids are not sewers, they don’t work by having randos throw shit into it. Human power is way too low and unreliable to be of any non-hyperlocal use.

[rruark]

While impractical and not cost effective, having a bunch of bikes connected to the grid and randomly producing power would have no more of an impact on the grid than flicking a 60W light bulb on and off.

[Johnny555]

As long as he uses a proper grid-tie inverter, there's no reason the grid couldn't absorb his excess energy. It wouldn't be cost effective for him, though.