[LegendHasIt]

To continue the thought:

It ain't the voltage that counts, it is the current (amps) or wattage (volts X amps).

Walking across the carpet in your slippers can easily generate 10,000 volts... But it it is micro amps of current. Even at 10,000 volts the best 'work' you can get out of the 'juice' is a flicker in a fluorescent bulb.

Yeah, urine as an electrolyte on the right materials can generate some elecricity, but is is a VERY inefficient one. Vinegar, grapefruit juice or even cola drinks are better. A gallon of the stuff won't run an average light bulb for five minutes.

This statement is just more pseudo science for the ignorant masses.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Every news article about Tasers says they "shoot 50,000 volts" into the target. This makes people think they should be banned. When someone tells me this, I point out that every kid in the world has been zapped by 15,000 volts (and has been the zapper too). We don't need no steenkin' Taser -- just give me dry air and a carpeted floor & watch out.