Summary for lemon juice energy Discussion
Lemon juice energy is discussed as a science-project question about whether lemon juice could replace gasoline. Gene Packman advises Lucas Hanson to research published sources rather than expect others to do the homework, and he points out that no one is seen putting lemons into a fuel tank. James Watts adds an important distinction: lemon batteries are common classroom experiments, but they produce electrical energy, not gasoline-like fuel, so they only “probably qualify” in that limited sense. The thread does not support lemon juice as a practical alternate source of energy for a car; instead, it suggests the student should look for documented experiments and explain the difference between battery electricity and fuel energy.
Q. Hi…I am doing a science project and I need to know if you can use lemon juice as an alternate source of energy instead of gasoline.
Lucas Hanson
8th grade student – Rockaway Park, New York, United States
2007
A. As I tell my daughter, who is your age: “look it up”. By this you need to search the internet for articles (or the library) to support your idea and find out if anyone has tried it and published results.
Just asking a question like that is very much the same as asking your parents to do your homework!
Bye the way, have you seen anyone squeezing lemons into their tank recently?
Gene Packman
process supplier – Great Neck, New York
2007
A. Lemon batteries are common science experiments. That is electrical energy, so it probably qualifies.
James Watts
– Navarre, Florida
2007