# Improbable Energy Sources **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 5, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886 "2008-08-05T04:10:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/1 "2008-08-05T04:10:39Z")
Can we generate electricity from the rotation of buried corpses? Can the flow of capital power electric turbines? Can we somehow harness falling property values and stock market crashes to generate power? In the _World of the Bizarre_, how else can we generate electricity? ---
**Author:** ![HongKongFooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c4cdca/32.png) [@HongKongFooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HongKongFooey)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/2 "2008-08-05T04:18:02Z")
How about smiley eye-brow power :dubious: ? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/3 "2008-08-05T04:19:46Z")
How much horsepower does galloping inflation generate? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/4 "2008-08-05T05:05:34Z")
All we need is a couple of big ass turbines. One would run off the hot air emanating from politicians and the other one would be be powered by the spin of the media. Problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/5 "2008-08-05T08:22:34Z")
Never mind power generation; consider the effect of using all that bullshit as fertiliser instead of the fossil-fuel based stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/6 "2008-08-05T08:54:09Z")
Election Spin Dynamos. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/7 "2008-08-05T13:48:36Z")
Mexican Wave power? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/8 "2008-08-05T14:04:12Z")
The Power of Dreams is a good source of alternate current. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/9 "2008-08-05T14:30:25Z")
At my place in Vermont we use [Cow Power](http://www.cvps.com/cowpower/How%20It%20Works.html) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/10 "2008-08-05T15:12:45Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] the other one would be be powered by the spin of the media. Problem solved. [/QUOTE] Ooo! Good one! Media Spin could power the planet! I wonder how much we could get in election years from flip-flopping candidates? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/11 "2008-08-05T18:20:35Z")
I think we need a bunch of miniature windmills along major highways, driven by the air from passing cars. The combined output of them would probably be significant. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/12 "2008-08-05T18:49:33Z")
[QUOTE=Chimera] I wonder how much we could get in election years from flip-flopping candidates? [/QUOTE] I don’t know about generating power, but we could end world hunger with all the waffles. ---
**Author:** ![Figaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ea666f/32.png) [@Figaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Figaro)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/13 "2008-08-05T19:35:11Z")
How about flop power, fueled by soccer and NBA players? ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/14 "2008-08-05T20:27:42Z")
[QUOTE=beowulff] How much horsepower does galloping inflation generate? [/QUOTE] I don’t know, but we could power the entire planet with Zimbabwe alone. Of course then the influx of money from all the power generated would infuse their economy and the whole thing would collapse. We could probably feed the grid quite well with a political mud sling, but only once every few years. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/15 "2008-08-05T21:04:17Z")
Power the world with good intentions. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/improbable-energy-sources/458886/16 "2008-08-05T21:15:02Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] Power the world with good intentions. [/QUOTE] Ha! Everyone knows that Good Intentions are only good for roadway paving. 😛