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Old 04-17-2006, 03:01 PM   #1
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This may solve that rainy day solar problem.

http://latteier.com/potato/

Don’t eat the potatoes afterwards.
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Old 04-17-2006, 04:18 PM   #2
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THAT's astounding, actually!!! I remember doing the potato battery thing to turn on those little lights in school. Fun!
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Old 04-17-2006, 04:23 PM   #3
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Thule is coming out with a potato attachment for its rack system. Developed for hybrid cars, and available to accomodate 500 or 1000 individual potatos, it may have crossover use for rvs.
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Old 04-17-2006, 05:44 PM   #4
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Can you draw more current with an Idaho potatoe? They are special, ya know.
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Old 04-17-2006, 08:12 PM   #5
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Potatoes should be baked and slathered in sour cream with chives. Using them for power...is...is....a sin.
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Don’t eat the potatoes afterwards.
Yeah, by then they're just empty calories.
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Old 04-18-2006, 08:41 AM   #7
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Kinda makes ya wonder what 12,000 lbs of asparagus spears could do.
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Old 04-18-2006, 08:51 AM   #8
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That's okra, Donald. OKRA.
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Old 04-18-2006, 08:58 AM   #10
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Kinda makes ya wonder what 12,000 lbs of asparagus spears could do.

You'd generate a WHOLE LOTTA green liquid fuel....probably smelly too

Didn't the Professor on Gilligan's Island make a potato battery to run some thingy-ma-bob??
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Old 04-18-2006, 12:11 PM   #11
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I say po-tah-to
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