Talk:Electrocuting a Whale/@comment-16533050-20141123045225/@comment-16241899-20141123071615

I think the whole thing comes down to one question...how many tanks of refined whale oil do you get out of one whale normally, and how many more will you get when using the device? If you need, let's say, 5 tanks until the whale is "empty", but get 10 extra tanks out of the whale when using the device, you have still gained 5 tanks that way. And even if you take off things like time and cost for running the device (I was not under the impression that it needs much maintainance apart from hooking up a new whale or tank from time to time) and the outcome is only 3 tanks,  still means money for 3 tanks more compared to not using the device at all.