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Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoThink about this… if it were profitable most white collar workers would be riding a stationary bike with a generator, much more energy than a door opening.
A stationary bike over an 8 hour workday would produce probably ~1kWh, so like 19 cents given the US average. That wouldn’t even pay for maintenance and replacement parts for the devices.
Nindelofocho@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Its less about the profit and more about offsetting costs. Yes one door wouldnt be really worthwhile but in this circumstance you’re using parts you already need to maintain and run(door pistons and accessibility) and the complexity added to the system could be bypassed should it fail without impacting that core operation
frongt@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
No costs will be offset by this. The device will be replaced multiple times before it ever breaks even on the implementation cost.