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This is so clever it hurts, it really hurts.  A new eco-nightclub, funded by Andrew Charalambous is due to open on London’s Pentonville Road on July 10. The club, part of the Club4Climate Group, aims to inspire young people to tackle global warming.

The key attraction of the club is a bouncing floor which uses vibrations created by dancers to power 60% of the venue. However, judging from these paragraphs in The Evening Standard there could be some problems:

The venue will sell organic spirits served in polycarbon cups and will be powered with renewable energy. There are also plans to install a recycled water system to flush its lavatories and an energy-generating dancefloor, which would harness power from the pounding of clubbers’ feet and convert it into electricity.

Although entry to the club costs £10, those customers who can prove they travelled there by foot, bicycle or public transport will be allowed in free. Before they are let in they will be asked to sign a pledge promising to work towards curbing climate change.

Now whilst we wouldn’t like to be cynical about such a great idea, we’re really not sure encouraging customers to cycle to the club (and, thus, cycle home afterwards) is such a great idea. Nor are we too sure that forcing customers to sign a pledge will be a great appeal. Imagine the bouncers: “Sorry mate, if you’re name aint on the pledge, you’re not coming in“.

Via TreeHugger (of course).