Well, according to this ( http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2006-06/1151420796.Bc.r.html ), the copper and zinc from the electrodes can leach into the potato. The copper in particular is bad news for you, but I think if you were using one potato it wouldn’t be a problem. If you ate all 500lbs of potatoes, however…
There’s also the question of rot. I mean, you’re going to want to show this thing around for a week, right? You want to eat week-old potatoes?
Thanks, I figured it was something along those lines. It wasn’t so much why eating these potatoes was a bad idea that confused me, as why the general warning against eating potato-battery potatoes. Would one be dangerous to eat, I wondered? As you suggest, yeah, it probably would.
Well, according to this ( http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2006-06/1151420796.Bc.r.html ), the copper and zinc from the electrodes can leach into the potato. The copper in particular is bad news for you, but I think if you were using one potato it wouldn’t be a problem. If you ate all 500lbs of potatoes, however…
There’s also the question of rot. I mean, you’re going to want to show this thing around for a week, right? You want to eat week-old potatoes?
Thanks, I figured it was something along those lines. It wasn’t so much why eating these potatoes was a bad idea that confused me, as why the general warning against eating potato-battery potatoes. Would one be dangerous to eat, I wondered? As you suggest, yeah, it probably would.