I've had an idea for a power supply, but I have questions about how efficient this power source would be, how long it would last, and how viable it would be to large scale power solutions.
This power solution would rely on one of the most efficient engines this planet has known, living organisms and the energy output of the digestive tract. As I have heard quoted by Dinwar many times (I don't post much, but I lurk a lot) "Brains are expensive".
I am hoping that this forum will take this plan into the future, from the lab, to practical use, to large scale industry. Of course this forum is also notorious for quickly putting the facts into place which can shut down an idea after the 1st post.
And now, the idea!
1. A person has died in a car crash, they have died on impact from head trauma, but the body is not damaged! They have a donation card which states that they can be used for science. Could this persons body be placed on a pedal-powered generator with a signal to the nervous sysem that would cause them to pedal a bike? How much power could a single corpse generate? How long would it last? Of course I am assuming that the lab setup would include the sealing of wounds and a feeding tube put in place to keep the energy flowing.
Could this person cycle between slow periods of pedalling and faster periods to keep the body from tiring out? Does the body require sleep/rest? Can muscle development continue to turn this persons body into an athletic generator?
2. What about other animals muscle tissue? Surely the human body is not the most efficient machine in the animal kingdom. Chimps have much greater strength than a human, tazmanian devils have amazing resilience over long distances, reptiles are cold blooded are could put even more of the energy towards movement instead of heat.
Could muscle tissue be grown in a lab to a large scale for a very specific purpose and movement? Enormous power plants with a central disgestive system that is fed tier 1 food (Grains, corn, produce that is ready to expire etc). What about the excretions? Now you have an enormous power plant, and the waste product is fecal matter. Fecal matter can be used as fertilzer, or in large quantities the methane it produces can be harvested for energy as well!
I'm going to let the forum take this where it may now, whether you tear my idea apart and this thread ends, or if others have useful input that would make this idea even better.
I personally have no ethical problems with this solution.
This power solution would rely on one of the most efficient engines this planet has known, living organisms and the energy output of the digestive tract. As I have heard quoted by Dinwar many times (I don't post much, but I lurk a lot) "Brains are expensive".
I am hoping that this forum will take this plan into the future, from the lab, to practical use, to large scale industry. Of course this forum is also notorious for quickly putting the facts into place which can shut down an idea after the 1st post.
And now, the idea!
1. A person has died in a car crash, they have died on impact from head trauma, but the body is not damaged! They have a donation card which states that they can be used for science. Could this persons body be placed on a pedal-powered generator with a signal to the nervous sysem that would cause them to pedal a bike? How much power could a single corpse generate? How long would it last? Of course I am assuming that the lab setup would include the sealing of wounds and a feeding tube put in place to keep the energy flowing.
Could this person cycle between slow periods of pedalling and faster periods to keep the body from tiring out? Does the body require sleep/rest? Can muscle development continue to turn this persons body into an athletic generator?
2. What about other animals muscle tissue? Surely the human body is not the most efficient machine in the animal kingdom. Chimps have much greater strength than a human, tazmanian devils have amazing resilience over long distances, reptiles are cold blooded are could put even more of the energy towards movement instead of heat.
Could muscle tissue be grown in a lab to a large scale for a very specific purpose and movement? Enormous power plants with a central disgestive system that is fed tier 1 food (Grains, corn, produce that is ready to expire etc). What about the excretions? Now you have an enormous power plant, and the waste product is fecal matter. Fecal matter can be used as fertilzer, or in large quantities the methane it produces can be harvested for energy as well!
I'm going to let the forum take this where it may now, whether you tear my idea apart and this thread ends, or if others have useful input that would make this idea even better.
I personally have no ethical problems with this solution.
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