Practical Fruit Batteries?

Most recent answer: 11/13/2011

Q:
Do you think fruit batteries can be a good source of energy or is fruit batteries just a fun way to teach electricity and batteries to kids?
- Nicole (age 10)
guttenberg, NJ
A:
You figured it out. Fruit batteries are not at all a practical energy source, or even a practical way to carry energy around. They're just a way to show kids that electricity is involved in ordinary chemical reactions.

Mike W.

(published on 11/13/2011)