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To: Wonder Warthog

Yes, it can generate an electric current


So can a potato.


28 posted on 01/18/2024 2:24:31 PM PST by VTenigma (Conspiracy theory is the new "spoiler alert")
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To: VTenigma

Yes, it can generate an electric current.

“So can a potato.”

You can shove a copper cathode and a graphite or zinc anode in the dirt about an inch apart out in your yard, wet it with some water, and get almost 2 volts. Works best in high alkali soils of course.


46 posted on 01/19/2024 4:33:46 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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