People Power
No, I’m not talking about Soylent Green. 
I’m talking about the green newscasts my local station, WCCO, has been putting on at the annual Minnesota State Fair. They somehow hooked a bunch of bicycles up to an array of batteries. Then they got fair-goers to ride the bikes, and generate energy, which was then stored in the batteries. When there was enough energy in the batteries, they flipped a switch and ran an entire newscast off the batteries. Entirely on People Power. So far they’ve done two newscasts that way. Now, it’s impractical for a long-term sustainable energy source, but a fun thing to do at the Fair.
Nevertheless, I wish they didn’t call it People Power, because I can’t get that association out of my head. Soylent Green is People!
