Later, Jon served in Vietnam (probably USMC like Larry Wilcox). Traffic Officer Jon Baker. After joining the CHP, as any aspiring motor officer before being assigned to a motor squad, Jon was assigned to a patrol car. In 1975, he met Frank Poncherello and convinced him to become a CHP officer.
You can but don't expect a ton of power, you might get 100W. You would have to connect the pivot points to some kind of ratcheting device and turn a flywheel. Since you are only rowing forward a small portion of the time you will need a flywheel.
Calorie Burn. According to Harvard Health Publications, rowing at a moderate pace for 30 minutes burns about 210 calories for a 125-pound individual and 311 calories for a 185-pound individual. For vigorous rowing, those numbers are 255 and 377, respectively. Using the calories burned calculator available on ExRx.net, 30 minutes of extreme rowing would burn almost 50 more calories for someone at 125 pounds and more than 70 additional calories for someone at 185 pounds.