Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/08/06/how-many-electric-eels-would-y.html
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One. Use it to threaten the guy who got ahead of you at the charging station.
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So… like this?
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From the article:
For decades, the dream of motorists all over the world has been a car that could run on frothy buckets of cheap, garbage fish like tilapia or something
Apparently I do not dream like motorists.
Also wouldn’t it be better to use a canal of eels beside the road rather than a trailer.
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Does the number of electric eels also take into account towing around a bazzilion pounds of electric eels and water and the extra torque you would need just to get moving?
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When I Googled that image I landed on this page, which, since misery loves company, I will leave here.
http://whatculture.com/offbeat/13-most-bizarre-things-found-inside-peoples-bodies
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Owww, I used to know this.
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Give 'em some slack! The science of laughably unlikely, high-voltage creature-powered vehicles is still in its infancy. 
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Can we get Randall Munroe to review this for accuracy?
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Pretty sure I saw Cobra Commander use this same scheme.
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Reminds me of MKULTRA
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We’re going to need bigger eels.
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It’s these kinds of statistics that will be used in debates against electric vehicles. “Are you aware of how many electric eels it takes to power a Tesla?!”
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Sure. But how many exploding dinosaurs does it take to power your f150?
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Ouch.
My dad (now retired) told us once of a conference he attended where one presentation showed x-rays of patients ‘stricken’ with inserted objects. One object he named stood out: A toolbox. All I could think of was a huge cabinet-sized Snap-On rolling tool box… impossible. He must have meant one of those small ‘apartment life’ tool kits that you sometimes see in supermarket/hardware store checkouts… I hope.
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I like how your mind works.
More like Dyna saurs, amiright?
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People, you don’t tow that behind you! You set that up in your secret mountain lair at the bottom of a not-quite-extinct volcano. Next to your moon ray, armageddon machine or shark pond.
So 1.66 miles per hour of charge that makes it a nice 40 miles of charge per day. Sweet. Take me a bit over a week to charge the Bolt in my driveway, errr I mean evil genius hideout.
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