[Odell]

anybody heard of this?

I saw it on National geographic once where a tribe somewhere used cow crap and make batteries to charge a radio

Would be a good science project

 

[The_Blob]

they're doing research on this with Pig Manure batteries at a few universities & the show Invention Nation had an episode with some of the researchers

 

[Canadian]

This idea stinks.

 

[The_Blob]

This idea stinks.

droll, Canadian, very droll...

The idea is simple enough, there is a permeable membrane between the section of the fluid that has certain specialized bacteria & the section that does not; the metabolic processes of the bacteria produce ions that in turn are an electrochemical potential differential causing a micro-voltage, hence... a battery.

 

[TechAdmin]

They sell a kit at Hobby Lobby where you can power a clock with soil.

 

[Tex]

The Proffesor should have thought of this. The Skipper is a big dude.











j.k.

I could see burning it for some kind of steam powered generator, but I doubt the return on the olfactory investment would be worth the trouble for dung batteries. Maybe I'm wrong. I'm amazed at the ingenuity of people sometimes.

 

[Pandora]

Interesting. Never heard of that before, but definitely something to look into. Cow manure is abundant around here!

 

[Canadian]

You can listen to music on your i pood.