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The Next Big Thing: Gas-Powered Computers! By noxo,  Aug 9, 2008

Picture this: The Ultimate Portable. Free from the constraints of electric wires, you can go anywhere! This computer will run off the same gasoline that you can find at any gas pump. Put the gas tank under the bottom of the system, and mold it to create a comfortable, user-friendly bottom that can sit on their legs, thus bringing the laptop back to the LAP again! The small engine can sit out of sight and out of mind on the back of the system. The cooling fans can pull up cool air from the gas tank underneath it, also creating a quieter and cooler computer. On the side of the system, it will have a filler neck that is identical to a car's so that you can fill up at the pump. No more need for charging batteries anymore. Experts say that gas prices will soon be dropping dramatically, so this will save you a ton of money too!

Of course, Dell engineering will need to create a design for this idea, but below is a picture to get a general idea.

Gas Powered Computer

This idea could also be expanded by attacking a larger gas tank and engine, the possibilities are endless! Just imagine an engine that powers your car and your laptop at the same time. You could do this with any vehicle. Laptop-motorcycles, Laptop-planes, Laptop-trains, Laptop-boats, or anything that needs an engine.
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  Sat Aug 09 17:35:25 GMT 2008
Comments: 207
Categories: Desktops and Laptops  
Status:Acknowledged


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By james-94  Aug 9, 2008
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So if you're running low on gas you have to drive to the gas station to fill it up or you have to carry around a spare gas can. Your laptop would also smell like gas and would be thinker as there is a gas tank in it
By zmjjmz  Aug 9, 2008
By cestuila  Aug 9, 2008
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April fool's ? :D
By dawud1213  Aug 9, 2008
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With the roller-coaster, up and down of gas prices for fuel for our cars...we don't need the fuss and worry to keep our computers fueled!!!!!!
By undead999  Aug 9, 2008
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try getting one of these through TSA.
By anji  Aug 9, 2008
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This is tongue-in-cheek... right?
By hollyberry  Aug 9, 2008
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have you ever heard of a little thing called GLOBAL WARMING? and i agree with james-94's comment. "So if you're running low on gas you have to drive to the gas station to fill it up or you have to carry around a spare gas can. Your laptop would also smell like gas and would be thinker as there is a gas tank in it." And the computer would be really thick and heavy, because of the engine and the gas in it. The only good point is using the gas from your car on it, but otherwise, BAD IDEA.
By brokencrystal  Aug 9, 2008
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Hydrogen Fuel Cell?
By hollyberry  Aug 9, 2008
By aikiwolfie  Aug 9, 2008
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Aren't gas prices going through the roof right now?
By sirebral  Aug 9, 2008
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completely backwards. This idea is by the same guy that insists on deleting Linux with a USB powered paint brusher. The same idea must; MUST, also release CFCs into the ozone. Someone is looking for attention and costing money while doing it.
By hollyberry  Aug 10, 2008
By aikiwolfie  Aug 10, 2008
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Isn't this a dupe anyway?
By kenjennings  Aug 11, 2008
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If you thought the exploding batteries were spectacular wait until someone smokes a cigarette around one of these laptops!
By hollyberry  Aug 11, 2008
By jervis961  Aug 11, 2008
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At least the idea wasn't for methane gas. It could have read "when your laptop gets low on energy just fart and the built in collection system stores it in the laptop".
By elkar  Aug 11, 2008
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Let's not forget about exhaust emissions and using these laptops in enclosed spaces.
By kenjennings  Aug 11, 2008
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jervis961:You've discovered a potentially perpetual power source. We may never need to plug laptops in ever again!
By hollyberry  Aug 11, 2008
By aikiwolfie  Aug 11, 2008
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LOL this thread alone could power the entire world for at least a decade. Methane incidentally explodes with such force the ripple the blast wave makes through the air is actually visible to the naked eye! These would be perfect for Dell. When they explode there'd be no evidence left. Well apart from the smell of eggs. So Dell would never get sued again!

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