6 ms·
Article is complete faff. The potato is not the battery, it is not an energy source, and the article says nothing about the economics of the two plates which ar
by thisiswater 5y ago
Article is complete faff. The potato is not the battery, it is not an energy source, and the article says nothing about the economics of the two plates which are the actual energy source. Don't waste your time.
- nardi 5y agoIf you’d read the article, you’d know that it explains that the potato is just acting as the electrolyte, and it does mention that replacing the zinc electrode is cheap.
- thisiswater 5y agoYes, but the headline says it's a potato battery. It's not. It's a battery with a potato in it.
- overboard2 5y agoBut that's what all potato batteries are.
- leephillips 5y agoThat’s what they want you to think.
- birdyrooster 5y agoLmao (if I delete this it’s bc I don’t like getting downvotes)
- birdyrooster 5y agoNooo I can’t delete!!!!
- leephillips 5y agoThat’s what they want you to think.
- nardi 5y agoIt is a potato battery—that's what it's called when you use a potato as the electrolyte for a battery.
- publicola1990 5y agoAs another comment explains, it is merely getting back some of the energy expended in extracting metallic zinc and copper from their ores. Also such potato batteries have been a school science projects for long.
- nardi 5y agoI'm not defending potato batteries, I'm just pointing out that the article already explains all of this.
- isoprophlex 5y ago... as would a bucket of salt water. Or piss.
- kseistrup 5y agoAlso, does the article include in their equation the amount of energy needed to boil the potatoes for 8 minutes?