In a soliloquy on batteries for electric vehicles, including ships, he pondered what would happen if such a boat were to sink and the battery would submerge.
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“It must be because of MIT, my relationship with MIT, very smart, I say, what would happen if the boat sank from its weight, and you have this tremendously powerful battery, and the battery is now underwater and there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there,” he said as MAGA supporters listened intently. “By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately. Did you notice this? A lot of sha…”
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“So there is a shark 10 yards from the boat, ten yards… or here,” he said. “Do I get electrocuted if the boat is sinking, water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking? Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted, or do I jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted?”
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“He didn’t know. He said: ‘Nobody has ever asked me that question.’ I said, ‘I think it’s a good question. I think there is a lot of electric current coming through that water,’” Trump said. “But you know what I would do if there is a shark or you get electrocuted? I’ll take electrocution every single time.* I’m not getting near the shark.”
For a moment I thought he would have expressed concern about the effects of such a battery on the fragile ecosystem and the endangered species in it. But no, all he did is combine his ignorance about electricity and sharks to formulate this moronic thought.
He mentioned his “relationship with MIT” as well just before spewing out that gem. Was that really him trying to sound smart?
His uncle John Trump was a professor at MIT. Somehow that makes him a genius and gives him a relationship to MIT.
I also have a physicist relative connected to a prestigious institution and I’m a moron.
I mean he inherited everything he owns. He must be thinking that knowledge works the same way.
I know someone who saw Neil Armstrong once,which pretty much makes me the moon.
“But you know what I would do if there is a shark or you get electrocuted? I’ll take electrocution every single time. I’m not getting near the shark.”
Hear me out: Put Trump in a leaky electric boat in shark-infested waters. For science.
Edit: He’s still painted black from last time, so it’s harder for the sharks to see him.
Goddamn this motherfucker is stupid. I bet his audience ate that shit right up and then asked for more.
This guy could suddenly rupture a brain aneurysm and you wouldn’t even be able to tell the difference.
This reboot is already worse than the 2016 original.
But can you use nuclear weapons against an electric sharknado?
Yes, but they’re not always effective. You should really use the ultimate weapon- a sharpie. So powerful it can divert a hurricane!
Sharpies just make hurricanes travel farther inland.
This is probably a stupid question but would a battery even electrocute you in the water?
No. Sea water is pretty conductive so most of the current would just go between the terminals. You would get some eddy currents further out, but not far. If you are in the water with broken bits of boat around you, you’ve got bigger problems than worrying about the batteries.
I agree with the “no” assessment, but also need to drop the bit of trivia that sharks are really sensitive to electricity. There was a guy making a shark detterent belt that you hit a button and it gave a small zap. Guy would cover himself in food, have the shark barreling right at him, hit the button and it does a 180.
That being said, it probably was really low current but high voltage (like a static shock), I don’t know if sharks care about a low voltage battery stack.
(bonus fun fact: that sensitivity is why hammerhead are the way they are. With those sensors further apart you get more spatial resolution, like a radar array. It’s also why they wag there head over the floor; they’re sweeping for electrical signals of their prey)
Guy would cover himself in food
The guy IS food
In the ocean? No. In the bathtub? Depends on the battery and what’s attached to it when it hits the water, I guess. A car battery with the jumper cables on it thrown into a large enough bathtub to hold it? I wouldn’t get in there.
No expert but do have an electronics degree and somee EE theory courses later in life. I don’t think much would happen. Don’t be a direct bridge across the terminals yourself and I don’t think there will be much of an issue being in the same body of water as a battery with even close proximity.
But I could be very wrong.
you’re right. voltage differential takes the shortest path(s), so it’ll just discharge itself p quickly. you are effectively isolated unless you’re in between the terminals
I’m a college dropout, so I’ll believe you.
People do sometimes get electrocuted in fresh water, but only when a boat in a marina has shore power (120V) and a bad connection of the hot side into the water. This can only occur with shore power, because otherwise the circuit can’t leave to boat. It also doesn’t occur in salt water because salt conducts electricity better than the human body.
An EV battery might have enough voltage, but the current would prefer to travel directly from - to + on the battery itself. You would have to literally get in the way of that for it to affect your body. Most situations where that could happen, such as touching the electrodes directly, would be almost as dangerous even when you are dry. And again, salt water would conduct it much better than your body, therefore bypassing you, as long as you don’t get in the way.
The Trump version of man or bear
It’s surprising, I’d thought he would be team shark. But I’m glad he’s finally answering all the important questions.
"But you know what I would do if there is a shark or you get electrocuted? I’ll take electrocution every single time.* I’m not getting near the shark.”
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