How many potatoes it would take to power the entire world

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    Archaius
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    The world energy consumption approximately 12.3 terawatts according to Wikipedia. 1 terawatt equals 1,000,000,000,000 watts. One potato produces a stream of 0.8 watts. However, through the process of boiling a potato for 8 minutes and cutting it into four or five pieces you can increase the output by 10 times, leaving you with an output of 8 watts of electricity for about 40 days. One ton of potatoes is about 2667 potatoes and the world produces about 324,181,889 metric tons of potatoes a year. Which would yield 6,916,744,783,704 watts of energy for 40 days. So to get 12.3 terawatts you would need to increase production by about 1.88 times. 365 days divided by 40 days equals 9.125 so multiply that number by 1.88 and you are left with 17.125. Then multiply the product by 324,181,889 and you are left with about 5,561,340,306 metric tons of potatoes.

    So to power the world for a year, you would need about 14,832,094,596,102 potatoes or fourteen trillion eight hundred thirty two billion ninety four million five hundred ninety six thousand one hundred two potatoes.

    I am done, I am the greatest potatologist to have ever lived!

    John Archaius - The Inventor whose machines usually blow up.

    #48915
    UltraEnlai
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    #48920
    MrDork
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    So when do I eat potatoes.

     

    Hi

    #48921
    Flea
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    #48933
    Ketoh
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    What the hell is this

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    #48935
    Archaius
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    @iketo a This is math ketoh, this is math.

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    Crazy Pirate
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    One potato produces a stream of 0.8 watts. However, through the process of boiling a potato for 8 minutes and cutting it into four or five pieces you can increase the output by 10 times

    Did you account for the energy consumed through boiling it, and cutting it? After all, it requires energy to grow the food to feed the person to cut the potatoes! And also, it sorta requires energy to boil water…???

    #48942
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    @crazypirate1 I thought about that, and while thinking about that I realized “Hey can’t we just boil them in geothermal plants!?”.

    John Archaius - The Inventor whose machines usually blow up.

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    …ok, so, that’s one potato, two potato, three potato, four……

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    #48954
    Amin_H_Nasser
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    What about the energy required to heat the potatoes?

    #48986
    MCMonkeyGMx
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    WHAIT!? WOULDNT POTATOES KIND OF, YOU KNOW? ROT?

     

    I’M IRISH! I KNOW MY POTATOES!

    This post that I posted on this post about something is probably useles information.............

    #49000
    Archaius
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    @mcmonkeygmx http://www.wikihow.com/Store-Potatoes  #logic

    John Archaius - The Inventor whose machines usually blow up.

    #49371
    Andrew
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    Woah, this person knows their potato science, you sir, are the greatest scientist to grace this earth!

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    And here we have case no. 7586901 of people who trust wikipedia.

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    iOdiwanKenobi
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    Thats not true, you’d need to bring another trillion because we’d all eat your potatos

    Ironic

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