# Have seroius attempts at "Hamster Power" been tried?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-seroius-attempts-at-hamster-power-been-tried/151750>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 30, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-seroius-attempts-at-hamster-power-been-tried/151750 "2003-01-30T23:45:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-seroius-attempts-at-hamster-power-been-tried/151750/21 "2003-01-31T04:28:36Z")

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Guinea pigs are where it’s at these days, more watts per ounce.

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**Author:** ![Phlint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c89c15/32.png) [@Phlint](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlint)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-seroius-attempts-at-hamster-power-been-tried/151750/22 "2003-01-31T04:58:36Z")

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> Guinea pigs are where it’s at these days, more watts per ounce.

Not so! By the looks of this pic: [Chipmunk Power!](http://home.attbi.com/~nips/Images/Mvc-032s.jpg), serious efforts are being put into harvesting and expanding the vast untouched potential of chipmunk power.

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-seroius-attempts-at-hamster-power-been-tried/151750/23 "2003-01-31T06:05:35Z")

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Seriously, animals aren’t a good way to generate energy. You’ve got to feed them something, and it takes energy to grow grains. Despite what you heard in a certain sci-fi movie, you can’t keep feeding dead animals to live animals and use them as a power source.

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**Author:** ![hammerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hammerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammerbach)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-seroius-attempts-at-hamster-power-been-tried/151750/24 "2003-01-31T06:24:58Z")

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What we need here is good data on hamster wheel torque, moment and RPM…

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**Author:** ![Big\_Tom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc348/32.png) [@Big\_Tom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Tom)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-seroius-attempts-at-hamster-power-been-tried/151750/25 "2003-02-01T16:48:45Z")

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My son has a wheel for his hamster that measures miles travelled. The little guy logged a high of over 13 miles in one night, with an average of approx. 7 miles. Quite amazing.

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-seroius-attempts-at-hamster-power-been-tried/151750/26 "2003-02-01T17:25:55Z")

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I doubt if hamster’s could do better than [morons](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147915).

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