The Human Powered T.V.

I was thinking the other night, wouldn't it be interesting if we had to supply the power to feed our t.v. habit? I wonder if we did if people would desire to watch less? Or if they didn't want to watch less, I could almost guarantee you, they'd be skinny minnie people.

This is the concept...attach a bicycle or a stairmaster or whatever your favorite workout machine is to the power supply of the t.v. Then, the energy you expell riding your bike would generate electricity much like water and a turbine would.

This energy would then allow you to watch t.v. for as long as you like, so long as you're still moving. Do away with idle t.v. watching that makes us fatter and more stationary. If you want to watch t.v. at least exercise and burn calories while doing so!

No more excuses for "I don't have time to exercise." Many people spend upwards of 2, 3, even 4 hours a day in front of the t.v.

I say, you want to watch t.v.? Great...but you have to move to keep it going...you have time to exercise now! Sometimes I love my ideas...now if only I could figure out how to do this.

Any thoughts?