Posted by Sacha on January 23, 2012, 11:54 am
Did anyone else see the article about an invention which will subject
weeds to an electrical current with the power of an electric chair?
Definitely no hope of those weeds re-growing! The inventor says it
would be licensed for use by trained professionals only would be hired
to treat your garden.
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Sacha
Posted by Spider on January 23, 2012, 12:47 pm
On 23/01/2012 16:54, Sacha wrote:
> Did anyone else see the article about an invention which will subject
> weeds to an electrical current with the power of an electric chair?
> Definitely no hope of those weeds re-growing! The inventor says it would
> be licensed for use by trained professionals only would be hired to
> treat your garden.
No, I didn't see it, but it sounds very interesting. It may be useful
in the war against Japanese Knotweed and other pernicious
trouble-makers. It would certainly *have* to be licensed and carefully
controlled. It would be lethal in the wrong hands.
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Spider
from high ground in SE London
gardening on clay
Posted by Sacha on January 23, 2012, 1:23 pm
> On 23/01/2012 16:54, Sacha wrote:
>> Did anyone else see the article about an invention which will subject
>> weeds to an electrical current with the power of an electric chair?
>> Definitely no hope of those weeds re-growing! The inventor says it would
>> be licensed for use by trained professionals only would be hired to
>> treat your garden.
>
>
>
> No, I didn't see it, but it sounds very interesting. It may be useful
> in the war against Japanese Knotweed and other pernicious
> trouble-makers. It would certainly *have* to be licensed and carefully
> controlled. It would be lethal in the wrong hands.
Found it!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2090021/Weedinator-The-new-pesticide-free-way-clear-garden-But-beware--packs-volts-electric-chair.html
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by Jeff Layman on January 23, 2012, 1:55 pm
On 23/01/2012 18:23, Sacha wrote:
>> On 23/01/2012 16:54, Sacha wrote:
>>> Did anyone else see the article about an invention which will subject
>>> weeds to an electrical current with the power of an electric chair?
>>> Definitely no hope of those weeds re-growing! The inventor says it would
>>> be licensed for use by trained professionals only would be hired to
>>> treat your garden.
>>
>>
>>
>> No, I didn't see it, but it sounds very interesting. It may be useful
>> in the war against Japanese Knotweed and other pernicious
>> trouble-makers. It would certainly *have* to be licensed and carefully
>> controlled. It would be lethal in the wrong hands.
> Found it!
>
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2090021/Weedinator-The-new-pesticide-free-way-clear-garden-But-beware--packs-volts-electric-chair.html
"But if used on a human, the current would stop the heart by raising the
body temperature to 284F (140C)."
LoL! Raising the body temperature to 140°C would have one or two
effects other than simply stopping the heart. Might also put crematoria
out of business in time...
It's why I actually spend money buying the Daily Wail each day. Where
else can you read such consistent rubbish which gives you a really good
laugh?
--
Jeff
Posted by nmm1 on January 23, 2012, 2:35 pm
>On 23/01/2012 18:23, Sacha wrote:
>>
>> Found it!
>>
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2090021/Weedinator-The-new-pesticide-free-way-clear-garden-But-beware--packs-volts-electric-chair.html
>"But if used on a human, the current would stop the heart by raising the
>body temperature to 284F (140C)."
>LoL! Raising the body temperature to 140°C would have one or two
>effects other than simply stopping the heart. Might also put crematoria
>out of business in time...
> It's why I actually spend money buying the Daily Wail each day. Where
>else can you read such consistent rubbish which gives you a really good
>laugh?
The knowledge that most of its readers actually believe that crap
makes me depressed :-(
Let's ignore the minor detail of total ignorance of basic physics
shown in that remark, and merely note that it won't work any better
than a flamethrower on deep-rooted weeds.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
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> weeds to an electrical current with the power of an electric chair?
> Definitely no hope of those weeds re-growing! The inventor says it would
> be licensed for use by trained professionals only would be hired to
> treat your garden.