Comments on: Living off the grid: Powering your refridgerator with your beer belly http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-19/living-off-the-grid-powering-your-refridgerator-with-your-beer-belly/ adjective: of or pertaining to things that should work but go awry Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kyle Wegner http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-19/living-off-the-grid-powering-your-refridgerator-with-your-beer-belly/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Kyle Wegner Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:28:08 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-19/living-off-the-grid-powering-your-refridgerator-with-your-beer-belly/#comment-248 That depends Fitz, are you buying in bulk or is it just for personal use? That depends Fitz, are you buying in bulk or is it just for personal use?

]]> By: Fitz http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-19/living-off-the-grid-powering-your-refridgerator-with-your-beer-belly/comment-page-1/#comment-247 Fitz Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:21:21 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-19/living-off-the-grid-powering-your-refridgerator-with-your-beer-belly/#comment-247 Can I buy some of this energy off you? What's the going rate? Can I buy some of this energy off you? What’s the going rate?

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-19/living-off-the-grid-powering-your-refridgerator-with-your-beer-belly/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Cheryl Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:15:49 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-19/living-off-the-grid-powering-your-refridgerator-with-your-beer-belly/#comment-53 I think you boys are onto something here...even if it doesn't really work, with enough hype a novel idea like this one is sure to turn into a money maker. I'm seeing the batteries with pics of buff people on them.... I think you boys are onto something here…even if it doesn’t really work, with enough hype a novel idea like this one is sure to turn into a money maker. I’m seeing the batteries with pics of buff people on them….

]]> By: Marc http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-19/living-off-the-grid-powering-your-refridgerator-with-your-beer-belly/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Marc Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:35:40 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-19/living-off-the-grid-powering-your-refridgerator-with-your-beer-belly/#comment-52 Priceless comment-"to hook myself up to batteries and just eat all day and sell my excess energy." Im still laughing.... Priceless comment-”to hook myself up to batteries and just eat all day and sell my excess energy.” Im still laughing….

]]> By: Scott Wegner http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-19/living-off-the-grid-powering-your-refridgerator-with-your-beer-belly/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Scott Wegner Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:33:39 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-19/living-off-the-grid-powering-your-refridgerator-with-your-beer-belly/#comment-49 To put the headline in context: no, nevermind-- forget it. But let's think about it. The foods you eat are metabolized and converted to energy. Excess energy is converted to fat and stored. Now, we need a device that will instead store the energy in rechargeable batteries, rather than fat. Trim the waist-line, and power your house. Use those batteries to power, say, a small microwave, and create an endless cycle of deliciousness. Speaking of which, here's the first image result on a search for "cycle of deliciousness": http://rs.resalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/4box-adaptive-cycle.gif I'm not sure what it means, but I think it applies here. To put the headline in context: no, nevermind– forget it.

But let’s think about it. The foods you eat are metabolized and converted to energy. Excess energy is converted to fat and stored. Now, we need a device that will instead store the energy in rechargeable batteries, rather than fat. Trim the waist-line, and power your house. Use those batteries to power, say, a small microwave, and create an endless cycle of deliciousness.

Speaking of which, here’s the first image result on a search for “cycle of deliciousness”:
http://rs.resalliance.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/4box-adaptive-cycle.gif
I’m not sure what it means, but I think it applies here.

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