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Author Topic: Could cow hearts power the world?  (Read 16642 times)

Bulbz

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #15 on: October 29, 2008, 12:34:01 AM »
I suppose cow hearts could be the solution, it might get things "moo-ving"  ;D

Perhaps that's why aliens seem to have an interest in cows, maybe that's their energy source !  ::)
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lancaIV

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #16 on: October 29, 2008, 01:33:26 AM »
In the 70´ in Germany an "Anti-Polio"-vacination-slogan :
"Kinderlaehmung ist grausam,Schluckimpfung ist suess"

Body-disfunction can be very painful, for the individual and familiar members and friends.
Physical and psychological.
But it is better to make for this moment a "theme-stop", cause we are entering the
"ethic-commission"-section  of euthanasie/abortion and insurance-tests . 

S
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sernaman

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #17 on: October 29, 2008, 07:27:49 AM »
 :o Cows will have to come up with a new slogan, remember the old one:  Us cows do our best for Jersey Maid.  Well how about:  "Us cows do our best for Watt"
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PYRODIN123321

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #18 on: October 29, 2008, 08:27:40 PM »
Sorry for my post, I did not intend to shout.
I coulden't hear cause my Cowheart engine was running with out a muffler. JK

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brian334

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #19 on: October 29, 2008, 10:33:19 PM »
A cow heart powered generator would not make any noise or pollution
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brian334

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #20 on: October 29, 2008, 10:42:35 PM »
No noise, no pollution, runs on hay, probably the most efficient way on earth to convert one form of energy to another - sounds good to me.
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brian334

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #21 on: October 29, 2008, 10:45:04 PM »
And it works all the time, unlike solar or wind power.
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tak22

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2008, 05:01:07 AM »

 >:(  The senseless wonders run rampant again and again and again from topic to topic and back again.

When will they stop? Nobody knows ???
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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #23 on: November 19, 2008, 09:09:43 PM »
At first, I thought this was a tongue-in-cheek sort of posting.
But then, amazingly, I realized that it wasn't.
Which logically brings me to two broad concepts.
1) Are you freaking kidding?
And
2) Where is the punchline?
Generators run the world, by and large, right now - and do an acceptable job. Especially in lieu of an alternative.
But they need something to power them.
And they get their power - where?
Fossil fuels, dams and nuclear.
Token solar, wind, and geothermal.
Cow hearts power the world? Again, are you freaking kidding?
So, bovine hearts in appliances, all around your house?
Or hooked up, en masse, to generators?
Cow hearts in cars, trucks, semis, ships and aircraft?
Running industry, commerce, communications and machines of all sorts?
Did I ask if you were freaking kidding?
And for the last time, where the hell is the punch line?
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brian334

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #24 on: November 19, 2008, 10:01:07 PM »

A heart is probably the most efficient way on earth to turn one from of energy into another.
So why not take all the hearts from all the dead cows in America and use them to pump a liquid to power a generator?
I admit there is a certain yuk factor, but after you get past the yuk factor it might not be a bad idea.

The solution to our energy problem will come from lots of different things.
How much energy will your rodent use to move its own weight?
A cow heart powered generator would not make any noise or pollution
No noise, no pollution, runs on hay, probably the most efficient way on earth to convert one form of energy to another - sounds good to me.

And it works all the time, unlike solar or wind power.


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4Tesla

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #25 on: November 19, 2008, 10:44:11 PM »
Quote from: brian334 on November 19, 2008, 10:01:07 PM
A heart is probably the most efficient way on earth to turn one from of energy into another.
So why not take all the hearts from all the dead cows in America and use them to pump a liquid to power a generator?
I admit there is a certain yuk factor, but after you get past the yuk factor it might not be a bad idea.

The solution to our energy problem will come from lots of different things.
How much energy will your rodent use to move its own weight?
A cow heart powered generator would not make any noise or pollution
No noise, no pollution, runs on hay, probably the most efficient way on earth to convert one form of energy to another - sounds good to me.

And it works all the time, unlike solar or wind power.




This thread is funny, yet sick!
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ResinRat2

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #26 on: November 19, 2008, 11:07:04 PM »
I have to admit it was hard to hold back on this one. Just for a laugh I thought I would throw in my two cents on this creepy subject. Don't forget that you would need a stomach to process the hay into energy producing nutrients that the heart can use. Also, the heart would need a rich blood supply to keep it working, probably immersed in plasmatic liquid to keep it moist and protected. It must be remembered that it is designed to work within an organic body. (This is getting weirder by the word). In order to process the hay you would need several stomachs that the cow uses, also, you might want to have the hay chewed up somehow. Instead of a machine you might want teeth and siliva to help digest and process the hay. Maybe a cow jaw and mouth to do the job.

Let's get even creepier. The idea of rows of beating hearts pumping blood through a generator seems strange, single stomachs and jaws, disembodied lungs to provide the oxygen to the blood/plasma liquid. This is getting very, very, morbid. You would need a diaphram to keep the lungs working, this would need to be hooked up as well.

I don't know if I could go on much further, too SciFi scary.

Maybe you would just want to tap into a living cow and have an external generator/pump on the outside of its body.

Wow, I can't believe I wrote this. I guess it has been a long day here at work. Time for me to leave now.

...maybe turkey parts...NO! NO! I won't go there.  LOL!

I will never look at my steak the same way again...
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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #27 on: November 19, 2008, 11:56:04 PM »
 :D  LOL
this is gettin a Little matrixy but i gotta admit there might be something here.

Considering the current genetic capabilities you could make brain dead cows, just a cerebellum to keep the idle, after that its pretty much matrix style, hell why not use genetically engineered braindead people, at least then, when somebody needs some spare parts nobody (with a soul anyway) would have to die to save em and they produce energy- how cool is that!

then there is the whole "is this moral" thing
-no no it isn't moral at all, but that hasn't stopped us so far

hey, that kinda adds a scary edge to the matrix movie
- in reality all those people hooked up into the matrix would be engineered braindead

scary but, well just scary....
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Bulbz

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #28 on: November 20, 2008, 12:36:52 AM »
I can see it now... Somebody goes to a Mcdonalds Drive-Through and orders "A Big Mac meal, and a generator please !"  ;D.
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Bulbz

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Re: Could cow hearts power the world?
« Reply #29 on: November 20, 2008, 12:42:32 AM »
Quote from: PYRODIN123321 on November 19, 2008, 11:56:04 PM
:D  LOL
this is gettin a Little matrixy but i gotta admit there might be something here.

Considering the current genetic capabilities you could make brain dead cows, just a cerebellum to keep the idle, after that its pretty much matrix style, hell why not use genetically engineered braindead people, at least then, when somebody needs some spare parts nobody (with a soul anyway) would have to die to save em and they produce energy- how cool is that!

then there is the whole "is this moral" thing
-no no it isn't moral at all, but that hasn't stopped us so far

hey, that kinda adds a scary edge to the matrix movie
- in reality all those people hooked up into the matrix would be engineered braindead

scary but, well just scary....

Or you could put zombies in a giant Hamster wheel, and do the "dangle a carrot in front of a Donkey method", but replace the carrot with "BRAAAAINS"  ;D
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