Tough call, Metal Man. You have a couple options:

1) Seek assistance higher up the chain of command. Talk to your wife's boss' boss.

2) Try to get comparisons of other personal electrical devices in your wife's office that her coworkers use such as radios, heaters, personal laptops, etc.

3) Get written support that would show the company could save on taxes if they could show that x amount of employees were riding their bikes instead of driving. Get proof to show a positive spin would happen if everyone in the company saved on gas. The company could present a positive image to the surrounding community.

4) There are also the health benefits to riding bicycles which would decrease the company's health costs.

5) Do an internet search on overseas countries whose populations use bicycles as their primary source of transportation and find out their benefits. Here's one such example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swqaA...ure=plpp_video
Here's another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn2s6...ure=plpp_video