The article is not clear about whether this is in the companies interest or in the work forces interest. In some parts it sounds like it's better for the company, but an actual argument for that is missing. Most of the article demands it though so that women, people of color and other disadvantaged groups are less disadvantaged. It would have been more honest to be clear about it.
And it's not really honest either to just put the blame on the company. "I’m unlikely to bring up the topic of salary with a potential boss." Well, then change that. Before demanding something from a company that you would like to work for, start demanding something from yourself. It's basically the attitude "I have a problem, I could directly contribute to the solution, but I prefer ranting about that somebody else is not doing that for me."
Couldn't the electric variant convert the energy into electricty? With the guys in the club we many times wondered why we can't use the 8x 250W that are pulled saturday morning to power a microwave oven and everybody gets heated lunch right after the workout? Or use it to drive an AC on a hot summer day.
Sorry for sounding negative but that's half a gym membership right there. Except for a gym membership I can go 24/7 down the block (5 min walk) get access to 8 C2 rowers, a bunch of barbells, dumbbells, treadmills and spinning bikes as needed, as well as a sauna and space to train in many different ways with friends. Covid will blow over, blowing 300 bucks on a subscription for such a narrow training gear will just not feel like the right tradeoff.
I have a hard time believing that this is actually the case, at least more than for men.