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by LoganDark 1135 days ago
> It's not rechargable though.

Renewable though.

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It is not. The organic material isn't the part that gets used up, but rather the electrodes. The energy does not really come from the potato, just the chemistry environment. If you take the electrodes out and put them in a new potato, I don't think that will get you a fresh battery.
Oh, so the fruit is just being used as an electrolyte, not as actual energy storage?