A city in the United Kingdom installed fitness equipment that also generates electricity into one of its parks, keeping the park lit at night and helping people stay in shape. The city hope the idea spreads to other areas to improve the environment and public health.
Many public parks in the UK have fitness equipment which encourages people to exercise. However, in Hull, this fitness equipment actually generates electricity.
“It’s fantastic and free of charge and you can just come on it anytime you want to which is great.”
“It’s really good because you get fit.”
Whether it’s exercising one’s arms or thigh muscles, each piece of fitness equipment can generate electricity. Hull hopes this equipment can generate enough power to meet the needs of public facilities and one day contribute to the power grid.
Georgie Delaney
Great Outdoor Gym Company
In the western world, we consume too much energy, both in terms of food and electricity. And what we’re trying to do with the Great Outdoor Gym Company with the green energy gyms is give councils and communities a total facility like this where people can actually offset their consumption of food or electricity.
More and more UK cities plan to become part of this trend. Within the next five years there are plans to add another 100 outdoor fitness facilities generating green energy
向來重視綠能環保的英國，又有新創舉。有地方政府在公園，設立會發電的戶外健身器材，民眾可以一邊運動減肥，一邊生產電力，一舉數得。因此英國愈來愈多的城市，也打算大力推廣這樣的綠能健身器材。
在英國，許多城市的公園裡，貼心設有公共健身器材，鼓勵市民多動一動。不過英格蘭赫爾市更先進，這裡的運動器材，竟然可以發電。
[[赫爾市民]]
“不用花錢 隨時都可以過來使用”
[[赫爾市民]]
“能運動健身很棒”
不管是鍛鍊手臂，還是大腿肌肉，民眾消耗在公共健身器材上的能量，都可以轉用來發電。赫爾市希望這些公共健身器材，除了可以滿足社區公共電力的需求，有朝一日還可以將多餘的電力分給國家電網使用。
[[運動器材公司發言人]]
“西方世界的人消耗了太多能源，消耗太多食物跟電力，所以我們的運動器材公司，提供赫爾市議會跟民眾，這樣的工具跟設備，讓大家能彌補消耗掉的能源”
健身結合發電，愈來愈多英國城市也考慮加入這股綠能潮流，計畫在未來五年內，每年都要增設一百個戶外健身設施。
文章出處 ：民視英語新聞
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