Electric eel will power your home

[luc59457]

The problem with this is Eels will become discharged, and it is only a mechanism for scaring off enemies and attacking prey so it is not something they enjoy using 24/7. But having several of these working at different times would make more sense. Furthermore If scientists could one day fully understand the process of how they convert the food they eat to such high power , they may be able to create a super eel that could be even more efficient and charge batteries even faster than 800W!

[luc59457]

Add an "S" to eels and this video will not look deceptive. 800W will not power a home. You will need a few of those to say the least, but a constant pulse of 800w or even half of this is REALLY GOOD!!!! Try making even 400W with an electric generator, it's not easy at all! I have read up that Adult Eels will generate shocks up to 600 Volts. I am guessing in DC. Volts times Amps equals Watts, so the Eel has to produce around 1.35Amps at 600 Volts to get 800 Watts. 800w can charge E-bikes FAST!

[t26royax]

i want a couple of those electric eel to power up my iphone and electric car

[SPAGHETTIMONSTER1]

well, depending on output and your bill? might be cheaper?

[godseyeview]

800 watts?! are u serious?

[frewcc]

@godseyeview it takes a huge one to make 800 watts and i dont think that one is big enough

[ZuzerHun]

animal cruelty :(

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

You think fish in a fish tank is cruel?

[ZuzerHun]

yes. a man in a "human cage" is cruel too :(

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

So people should not eat fish?

[ZuzerHun]

what has it got to do with keeping a fish in a very small tank with no surroundings at all? try it yourself just for a few days, you wont like it.

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Well how would you like it if someone stuck a hook in your mouth, dragged you out of your home environment, cut your head off then fried you up in a skillet?

Isn't that cruel? That fish had parents, brothers & sisters & children yet there you are sinking your teeth into it.

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

You can't feed the worlds populations these days unless you have fish farms.

What kind of life do you suppose they have in those enclosed areas?

Do you really think they dream of a better life like in a Disney cartoon?

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Perhaps that eel should be visited by a psychotherapist & perhaps given a prescription of Zoloft as we humans are drugged by the masses as we ourselves are completely out of our natural environment. We humans do not live in any way natural for the past 200yrs, that's why children as young as 8 are killing themselves & the youngest breast cancer patient is a 15yr old girl.

Drug the people, drug the fish then we should all be happy.

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Fish have stresses that can kill them.

Water PH must be balanced & clean.

Fish get stressed due to over crowding.

Fish get stressed due to predators trying to kill them.

Fish need rocks & plants to be able to hide from predators not for landscaping so they can sit on the porch & enjoy the sunset.

As long as people do not tap on the glass this fish should have a low stress life & if he likes to look at things there is a lot to see outside the glass, much more than on a dark muddy ocean bottom

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Have you ever been to a lobster restaurant?

Should those lobsters have a better life before ending up on your plate?

Do you think lobsters would prefer the under water scuba diver decor or the clam shell that opens & closes with the bubbles?

Actually that clam shell might scare them as they might think they are being attacked. Perhaps they will like the under water castle or red & blue gravel, oh wait, none of that matches their environment. Those things are only to appeal to our senses

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Do you really think that fish psychology is the same as human psychology?

Perhaps an ant placed in an ant farm dreams of a bigger house with the latest technological gadgets to make ant life better.

Perhaps we should be concerned about the feelings of bacteria, they are a life form. Perhaps it is cruel when we use antibacterial soap or antibiotics. Bacteria & viruses only want to live, they must have feeling as well & should have legal rights for those cruel enough to kill them

[ZuzerHun]

hehe, your point is well taken. i know it is an issue that is hard to solve or even discuss. killing an animal is cruel too. but when you keep them in cages... that is still terrible, methinks. in my country, force-feeding geese is a very old tradition. now it is forbidden by law even though it causes no considerable pain to geese. now thousands of people went bankrupt because of this animal right law. and yet dollar billion businesses can do whatever harm they wish to animals.

[ZuzerHun]

hope you get my point too. ive had some animals around - ferrets, dogs, cats, a chameleon. they all longed for freedom (though quite differently). i must say i dunno much about fish.

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Some animals don't do well in cages & some do. A Hamster seems quite content although will take off if you leave the door open. It could be cruel to keep children contained in a house or yard as well because they too will escape at a young age, I did when I was 3, a police officer brought me home, I suppose it is the same as animal control picking up a stray dog. It could be cruel to make children conform & go to school when by nature we should be swinging from the trees.

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

I do see your point but where do we draw the line on cruelty? It never stops.

Did you know sensors on plants show that they actually scream when we cut them? Plants sense pain so imagine if plant activists stop us from cutting grass or growing vegetables for food, the more aware people become the more ridiculous they get & the more laws placed on the books until America is under more control than any communist nation

[ZuzerHun]

plants sense pain? this startled me, really. just yesterday i found a bug that eats my vegetables but it was hurt badly as i found it so i was thinking of giving it a shelter and feed it. yeah, it is a hard thing to decide what is "moral" and what is "cruel". they say god gave all animals under the command of "humans" but what good is a king that kills his own subordinates? the usa IS already under more control than any other country ever.

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

God made the animals & insects.

he could have designed all things to eat the leaves of the trees or dirt for that matter but he did not, he created a barbaric eco system of creatures that puncture the necks with their fangs into the other creatures that die a horrible death as they feast on the carcass & they eat humans as well.

The cat is among the most cruel as it will torment it's prey into a state of shock, Is that love for the creatures of this planet?...

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

...How is it humans are more compassionate to the creatures of this planet than the very God that designed them?

If that is love then for humans to express the same love would be to devour each other in a blood bath, either human compassion has superseded that of God or his existence is not who we make him out to be. He did destroy cities & flooded the earth killing millions, he's not as loving as you think he is. We just like to think so.

[wallonthefly]

"God" = personified reality...

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

These vids show how plants & bacteria have senses and express feelings.

Search youtube Vids:

The Extrasensory perception of plants

and

Cleve Baxter - Plants can sense human intentions

Then Google:

Plants Feel Pain

Like I said, where on earth do you draw the line?

[ZuzerHun]

thx a lot, i watched them. right, plants can SENSE some things but FEELing is quite different imo. baxter's statement of plants feeling sadness is quite outrageous isn't it. if that was proven it would worth a nobel prize for sure. it is an interesting idea, nevertheless.

[ZuzerHun]

drawing the line is next to impossible, that is also true

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Right, the plants do respond to attacks but do they actually feel?

Like with a fish or alligator, do they only respond to attacks or do they actually feel & have emotions like a red blooded animal?

I was always told fish do not have feelings.

Using the plant information u can see the plant reacts but both of us doubt plants actually have feelings, that means it is also possible the fish also having receptors that react & just because it reacts does not mean that fish have feelings, nor a bug.

[vinczeee]

@FreeGlobalEnergy they dont scream, and they dont feel pain as we do, in fact they dont feel pain at all, they sence something cuutting them and that starts a reaction to repair it

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Don't tell me, tell ZuzerHun above who said this was animal cruelty then triggered this entire chain of exploration and comments. I am not the one who thinks this is cruel & find it insane that there are fish rights activists, LOL, where will the madness stop? but I will take a moment to explore & will flip sides to ask the question, exactly how do you know fish don't feel pain? An Israeli book writer said Palestinians love pain & death but I am not so sure I believe him.

[vinczeee]

@FreeGlobalEnergy oh i was not talking about fish i was talking about plants, fish do feel pain.

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

I was always told fish & alligators do not feel pain. They react to stimuli for survival. Exactly how do you know fish feel pain or not? I really would like to know once & for all but I need a scientific study to believe it.

[SilverFeet]

A stimuli that triggers a counter-extensive reflex is the exact definition of pain. What ever the exact feeling is doesn't mater, because it dislikes it as much as we do. I mean the words "react to stimuli for survival" could be used to describe what humans do when we touch a stove.

[luc59457]

@SilverFeet No, It is not a feeling of pain. It is a natural reaction, it does it all the time in the wild, but it gets discharged and tired for a short moment after several pulses. It needs a quick break. So it takes it. Think of it like giving it a workout.80percent of its body is devoted to this.But several pulses of 800w, trying to get that out of solar panels, would take up even more space than the tank,plus the sun is not always shining, the eel is always there to produce, at a humane rate

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Did you look at the study on "Plants Feel Pain"?

It's incredible, and on the equipment the plants do scream, I never would have believed that if I did not see it.

[TheDigitalguyy]

its not watts guys its volts that guy just dont know what hes talking about

[thisisgettingdum]

if you're going to have an eel you might as well get some watts id say its free if you already have one

[BernesePuppies]

True, just like if you already raise a lot of cattle & pile up the manure with a front end loader why not drop it in a slurry tank, cap it off & make methane gas to run perhaps engines that run water pumps to water crops or to run generators.

[thisisgettingdum]

exactly you dont have the cows for energy but you still get some from them a like a bonus

[ackooln]

I think something like 80% of the worlds population lives on or very near the sea coast.I thought they were fresh water dwellers,of the Amazon?

[slh950]

Hmm, christmas lights are VERY low in terms of voltage.

Still, an interesting demonstration.

I think its a great shame that just as clockwork technology gets really good and efficient, we abandon it for push button everything. Forget the eel ... I dont mind doing a bit of work!

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

The Christmas lights & musical box is to attract attention not to demonstrate max wattage. Each time the eel moves it produces 800 watts of electricity. A 5,000BTU air conditioner draws 500 watts. Imagine a tank of 100 eels each producing 800watts every time they move, that's 8000watts.

That is not an insignificant amount of current.

[slh950]

thats amazing ... and i wonder if they can be kept in captivity comfortably?

I want one!

[SmokeTatum]

100 would be 80000 watts thats 80kw normal hausehold uses maximal 10 to 12 kw when you count some heavy wattage equipment like oven or wash mashine those dont work whole day so with some energy controlling system like batteries modules that change voltage and controlling system you could power your house with 15 of those so you need small water spot in your garden but dont ler your dog swimm in it cause so much power would serve him time travel :D

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Some utility companies will allow you to sell power back to them if you have solar panels. I have always said this is the way to go, allow the utilities company to be your battery bank so to speak & save money by not having to buy batteries. During the day solar current feeds into the grid running the meter backwards, night time you run off the grid but with eels they produce current day & night but let the utilities absorb the excess when you are not using much current, like when you sleep.

[SmokeTatum]

I didnt know that , have to search some info about it and if there are such companies in germany. The batteries are first biggest and most expensive problem in way to build own powerplant. If you gather solar energy in day and wind energy at night you will probably produce more energy that you need. So some Eco Wind/Solar powerplant that buys power back and Citizens producing own power and you have perfect ecological solution for power supply. Powerplant will earn money on your excess power

[SmokeTatum]

cause there will be always households or companys that will need more power than they can produce. So only thing that we need is a fair company that would make it real and there we can search until end of the world. I dont trust anymore in fair companys. I dont think some of those even exist in those times where on first place is money and people are used to earn it

[ogremeisterdom]

Great thought with a few draw backs lol. The eel only produces 500-800w when it's attacking prey or defending it's self, other wise it uses a .15w shock for location. So if we get a tank full of these guys we'll either have to find some really hungry ones or put a fake plastic robotic predator in with them. X-mas lights aren't low voltage (maybe newer LED's are) but they're very low amperage. Watts(power) is the product of amps x volts. So 120 volts at .2 amps is only 24watts, not much power

[thisisgettingdum]

no it creates energy when it moves not when it shocks so it creates it the whole time

[ogremeisterdom]

Right, but only around 10v (100 watts) not the 800 watts it produces in fear or hunting mode. My comment was to get enough power to be useful.

[uawwildbob]

what dose an eel eat ?.otherr fish? how many amp's + volts do ya get per pound of fish =( eel food ) ? Lets look at it foreel ~ ! maybe this can work fort us. who knows?

[RoyalDemonforChrist]

PETA would never let this happen.

[FreedomLiberty21]

fuck PETA, their the biggest hypocrites around when it comes to animal right.

Besides, I'm sure this would be more humane than flat out pollution (how many animals does that kill?)

[SmokeTatum]

800 Watts is not small amount! you will need solar panels worth more than 1000USD to generate so much power so probably with 4 or 6 of those you could power your house i dont like fishes as home pets but those i would like to have :D

[leitermann]

free energy in the sense that cow's milk or chicken's eggs are free i suppose.

[edewit08]

Nice video thanks.

God bless Ron Paul and sound money. :o)

[firehandszarb]

not very kind to the eel though in his spartan tank is it?. Is the eel harmed when he produces power and loses it through an aluminium tank? Electric eels generally do not have aluminium in there natural habitat.

[hybridracers]

Jesus do you people ever get off the bullshit? I mean seriously..........The idea was to show the people what it can do. The only way to collect the energy he produces is from the aluminum panels. Who cares if thats his natural enviroment? He doesnt need to hide to hunt for food........pretty simple concept. God I hate you tree huggers

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

It's a fish.

How many people keep fish?

In the tank they put plastic plants that do not benefit the fish at all, they put synthetic gravel in the bottom, plastic decor and an aluminum thermometer, there is nothing about any fish tank that is real, and does a fish really have feelings? This eel in the tank is no different then all the fish in the pet stores, homes, office buildings. What about restaurants where you get to select your lobster dinner? We eat fish & keep them for pets.

[firehandszarb]

i dont eat fish anymore and dont keep them as pets. I would think that it is possible to create a nice environment for your fish though. All things have feelings.

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

You may not eat fish but it is the recommended healthiest meat for humans to eat. Humans eat fish, fish eat fish, humans eat other meats, lions eat meat, lions eat humans, it's the reality of the world we live in. There is the Fish Empathy project now but also plants are said to feel pain so what are we going to eat since tests show that a plant screams every time we eat them. Perhaps it is cruel to keep plants in pots away from their natural forest environment.

Where does it stop?

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[jdcmusicman]

That's pretty neat ...I wonder if one day they could replicate the eels electrical producing system

[mvlady]

hey it poops so its not polution free

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

Some clever people rigged up a gyms exercise bicycles to run generators to produce electricity, so if you saw 100 people on exercise bikes powering the electricity for the building & at the time you visited this event News stations were reporting how this was pollution free energy then would you speak up & say - No, it's not pollution free because those 100 people are farting while they are peddling & afterwards will take a dump raising the CO2 levels. - Now come on, how insignificant is that?

[insAneTunA]

hahahahaha great answer.

[FreeGlobalEnergy]

How much pollution do you think that eel is producing?

I don't see people gasping for oxygen as opposed to running a non vented gas or coal generator inside that building.

Supposedly grain fed cattle produce enough carbon that government wants to tax their farts but fish farts are a new one by me.

I realize it is the excrement but this is fertilizer used to grow nutritious food you eat, it shouldn't be categorized as pollution like that of a coal power plant emission or gas & Diesel engine

[mvlady]

its a joke :) im a saecastic guy

[ubuibiok]

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