Is there anything Liza Minnelli can’t do? She has three Tony Awards, an Academy Award, an Emmy award, a Grammy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Did we mention she can bike? Minnelli pushed the pedals recently for a great purpose: Powering the famous year display on New Year’s Eve. Instead of using old-fashioned electricity to light the 2-0-0-9 at midnight, Duracell set up the Duracell Power Lodge in Times Square as a place where people can go to pedal up power for the big moment. Six stationary snowmobikes, which truly look like hybrids of snowmobiles and bicycles, are available for riding and all the energy earned from the “ride” is captured and stored in the Duracell Battery Center where it will be ultimately transfered to One Times Square. While it’s not a concept many of us will be able to take back and put to use in our homes, we like that attention is being drawn to the idea of alternative energies, like solar, and awareness of energy consumption is being increased. Click here to read more

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