My original tumblr post was here. This image is the VHS cover of a movie Sex Machine, also known as Love and Energy. The IMDB entry for the movie provides the following plot synopsis:
In the future, the world’s oil supply has finally been exhausted, causing a massive enery crisis. In a search for alternative sources of energy, a scientist invents a machine that can harness the energy expended during sexual intercourse and transfer it into electrical power. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com.
The image was first posted on Tumblr by vhscoverjunkie and comes to us via corporalsteiner.
‘Some scientists’ say that 100-200 calories are burned during sex, with an orgasm adding another 60-100. That wouldn’t light up a tiny LED. This discrepency could be a limitation of our measurement systems– the little green men might be able to detect energy flow on wavelengths that we don’t even register.
In Pixar’s Monster’s Inc, energy is harvested from screams.
If only there were an animation house with Pixar-level capabilities that made movies based on the sort of lunatic premises that circulate on this site.
As for energy? Well, this movie was made back in the Disco Era. Perhaps sex generated more energy back then.
Didn’t William Burroughs have starships propelled by orgasms in Naked Lunch?