Scheduled to go out tonight (8pm – 9pm BBC 1), in the run up to the Climate Summit in Copenhagen, the Bang Goes the Theory Special TV Event will be showing how much electricity we use and abuse without even thinking about it. This massive experiment attempts to power a house for an entire day solely through human pedal power – while the unsuspecting family inside go about their normal Sunday routine. Will they be driven to meltdown?
Can 80 cyclists power a house for a day?
We received a call from a TV producer who’d come across sust-it whilst looking into the power consumption of old tube TVs and new flat screen ones. As sust-it ranks electricals and appliances by energy efficiency, it was easy to show him the massive differences in the power used by new TV’s. A few phone calls later and Ross found himself admitting to being a cyclist, and had somehow agreed to take part in the TV experiment, together with his son Olly and his friend Nat.
