From: Adrian Tymes (wingcat@pacbell.net)
Date: Wed Mar 05 2003 - 13:44:30 MST
--- Anders Sandberg <asa@nada.kth.se> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:07:52PM -0500, Dickey,
> Michael F wrote:
> > Anyhow, a simple
> > device, an implant in the abdomen or so, that
> would process carbohydrates
> > into h20 and co2. Most of the bodies processes
> work on diffusion so the
> > mere fact that such an implanted device would
> create an excess of CO2 and a
> > deficit of carbohydrates would likely facilitate a
> successful integration of
> > such a device into the body with little beyond its
> self contained components
> > necessary.
>
> A quick calculation. Assume you eat 30 g of sugar
> (C6H12O6), the
> contents of one serving of fruit juice. That is 0.16
> mol. Burning
> it into C6H12O6 + 6O2 -> 6CO2 + 6H2O produces one
> mol of carbon
> dioxide. That is 2.41 liters of gas. How fast do you
> want to get
> rid of it? I think the device might be a bit too
> embarrasing for
> macroscopic food intakes.
The implant would be some distance (at least a
centimeter, possibly a whole decimeter on the truly
girthed) from the digestive tract. This CO2 and H2O
would show up in the blood stream, the first bit to be
exhaled and the second bit eventually routed to the
bladder.
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