Millions
of people around the world are without access to electricity at any given time
– but the man behind 5-Hour Energy drinks claims to have found the answer.
The
‘Free Electric’ solution from Billions in change uses a simple stationary bike to
generate 24 hours of electricity, and it’s backed by Living Essentials CEO
Manoj Bhargava.
The
bike requires just one hour of pedalling to produce a whole day’s worth of
electricity, and the CEO and philanthropist is calling it ‘the cheapest, most
practical way’ to create electricity around the world
The
Free Electric solution is based on human mechanical energy, harnessed through a
simple stationary bike.
In
a video describing the concept, the bike powers a smartphone, a tablet, and a
fan all at once while a man peddles nearby.
Homes
in much of the world have electricity for just a few hours a day, if at all,
but the Free Electric solution aims to change this.
Even
highly developed areas sometimes face crisis when electricity becomes suddenly
unavailable, during natural disasters or blackouts.
With
no connection to ‘the grid,’ this bike can provide electricity anywhere, as
long there’s someone there to peddle it.
‘Human
mechanical energy is so amazing – why can’t we use that to create energy?’
Bhargava asks in the video.
The
Free Electric solution is based on human mechanical energy, harnessed through a
simple stationary bike.
In
a video describing the concept, the bike powers a smartphone, a tablet, and a
fan all at once while a man peddles nearby.
Homes
in much of the world have electricity for just a few hours a day, if at all,
but the Free Electric solution aims to change this.
Even
highly developed areas sometimes face crisis when electricity becomes suddenly
unavailable, during natural disasters or blackouts.
With
no connection to ‘the grid,’ this bike can provide electricity anywhere, as
long there’s someone there to peddle it.
‘Human
mechanical energy is so amazing – why can’t we use that to create energy?’
Bhargava asks in the video.
The
Free Electric solution is based on human mechanical energy, harnessed through a
simple stationary bike.
In
a video describing the concept, the bike powers a smartphone, a tablet, and a
fan all at once while a man peddles nearby.
Homes
in much of the world have electricity for just a few hours a day, if at all,
but the Free Electric solution aims to change this.
Even
highly developed areas sometimes face crisis when electricity becomes suddenly
unavailable, during natural disasters or blackouts.
With
no connection to ‘the grid,’ this bike can provide electricity anywhere, as
long there’s someone there to peddle it.
‘Human
mechanical energy is so amazing – why can’t we use that to create energy?’
Bhargava asks in the video.
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