01-26-2014, 04:07 AM
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I wish I could can my flatulence... and be careful, don't strike any matches nearby!)  |
Just run a hose from your seat to the air intake, that should work 
The sound of cars accelerating fast... Hmmm.
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01-26-2014, 07:43 PM
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Methane power! I want a car that runs on chicken s**t!
Don't scoff - it actually was done during the gas shortages of the 1970's. It may not be politically correct these days, but it would save the world from the pollution of unused farts. (Pardon me while nature calls... I wish I could can my flatulence... and be careful, don't strike any matches nearby!) |
Farmers in India still do it. Have a primitive "digester" buried under ground full of food scraps and cow dung, bug a rubber inner tube over a pipe stuck in the barrel... and once the tube is inflated, you can power your tractor off of it.
Mad Max was wrong. Gangs should have been raiding settlements for their septic tanks. |
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01-26-2014, 11:04 PM
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Just run a hose from your seat to the air intake, that should work
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"Windy" is one thing, "gaseous" is another.
Click here if you dare.
Decades ago, when bumper stickers were in vogue, I remember one that said "Back off - or I'll FART!"
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01-27-2014, 04:24 PM
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The flammability of flatulence is a bit of an urban legend...
Nonetheless, today in Rasdorf, Hessen, Germany the 'urban legend' caused an explosion in a cow shed. That page is written in Dutch but Google Translate does a fine job on it:
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Blowtorch [caused by] windy cows in Germany
About ninety windy cows have caused an explosion in Germany. The roof of the shed was damaged and one of the cows suffered minor burns in the fire.
The methane gas from cows had accumulated in high concentrations in [a] dairy farm [stable] in Rasdorf, in the eastern state of Hesse[n].
[The lot] probably caught fire due to static electricity from a massage machine in the [stable].
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Talk about cow power!
Ah well, glucose battery power, anyone?
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01-28-2014, 12:09 AM
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The flammability of flatulence is a bit of an urban legend... |
Well, that story may be a legend, but methane is flammable, and most farts can be as well.
So click here to learn more about the chemistry of natural gas. |
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01-28-2014, 12:33 AM
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I know for a fact that they burn and if your wearing jeans that they burn green flames(poof)!
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01-28-2014, 01:56 AM
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Ah well, glucose battery power, anyone?
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Lol, well it would be interesting to note how many calories it takes to use a bike as a starting point, worst case you eat the sugar and bike to the store, then figure out what sort of efficiency you need to do the same sort of speeds on an electric (or???) bike running on sugar. |
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02-18-2014, 06:29 AM
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This may or may not be related to the glucose battery, but is quite something in itself:
Liquid Battery Electrodes Will Mean Long-Range, Fast-Charging Electric Cars | MIT Technology Review
Liquid electrodes. Plural. Two different fluids stored in tanks and flowing through a comparatively small 'battery'.
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02-18-2014, 03:18 PM
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Bicycle racers figure the human body to be about as energy efficient as the ICE.
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