2006-09-12 14:57:37 · 12 answers · asked by ? 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Yes, if you spike their water bottle with methamphetamine.
2006-09-12 19:42:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I keep two of the little buggers on megavitamins and Crack, and they keep everything running in the house except the air-conditioner. I have a gazelle on No-Doz for that. And a shot in the bum every hour or two with my Mark and Spencer's cattle prod helps. I wouldn't recommend this for the gerbils, however.
They croak often enough as it is, but they breed quicker than I can manage to kill them off, which also provides me with an endless supply of gerbil-kabobs. They're a little sweeter and a tad more tangy than hamsters, especially with sweet-and-sour sauce. Cherry or orange glaze works, too. I'm putting the China Garden next door out of business, and so far no one has found a cockroach in MY carryout.
Well, I must be off to give the gazelle its electroshock therapy again. It's getting warm in here, but I might just be getting another contact high from the gerbils, too.
2006-09-13 02:29:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I doubt a gerbil running at full speed with all it's endurance would hardly be able to power even small nightlight for very long Even if you could keep on sending more gerbils. Although if the gerbils have been dead and buried underground eventually they may turn into coal. Although this process will take millions of years of geothermal heat and tectonic pressure. More if you want to turn your gerbil into oil.
Then you will need to refine said oil into kerosene or gasoline. I'd imagine for one small creature the usable amount of fuel yielded will be infinitessimal so you will need to kill gerbils on a scale equivalent to ethnic cleansing. This may take a while unless you have your very own miniature version of Buchenwald set up in your backyard.
In the end you'd be better off just paying your utility bills or those scheisters at the gas station. If however you have some deep rooted psychological desire to torture I suggest you apply for a job with The Mossad. Middle Eastern governments are a lot better at sadism than you could ever hope to be.
2006-09-12 18:00:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you use 604 gerbils running at a rate of speed equivalent to a 1974 Chevrolet. Sustainable?! Hell yes, with a little genetic experimentation those gerbils will almost run at the speed of light, producing an interesting multi-phasic array of light.
2006-09-12 15:05:16 · answer #4 · answered by RHJ Cortez 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As an energy source? Of course! A bit high in calories though - a they do require a bit of spicing up.
I wonder if they're running in that wheel to escape Richard Gere ...
2006-09-12 17:02:30 · answer #5 · answered by zombie_togo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know that all the operating treadmills in a health club are wired to suppliment the daily requirements for the municipal power supply.
2006-09-13 08:00:12 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure they are sustainable; although, the power output per gerbil would be small.
2006-09-12 15:13:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually no. You would have to feed them, and the energy in the food it what keeps them going. Think equivalent energy.
2006-09-12 15:04:22 · answer #8 · answered by Cameron L 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Only if you take them out and eat 'em.
2006-09-12 15:02:54 · answer #9 · answered by gotalife 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ONLY IF THEY CAN KEEP IT UP!
luckily we can give them viagra for that!
2006-09-13 07:41:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋