A unique way of saving electricity when charging an iPod has been discovered by Owen Louis, 21, by using an onion soaked in energy drink.

Louis, who is also a great music fan, evidently was worried since his Mp3 player was using quite a lot of electricity; so the Portsmouth resident decided to utilize vegetables in order to power up his device.  

The technique Louis used consisted of boring two holes in an onion, soaking it in an energy drink and sticking a USB cable into it. The method enabled him to charge his iPod for an hour.

He reported, “I was watching TV with my laptop on and my iPod playing and thought, ‘How much electricity must I be using?’”

Louis added, “A friend showed me the experiment as a laugh but I thought it was the greatest thing I have ever seen, and do it religiously every day.”

Louis from Portsmouth also explained that since onion decomposes and the drink bottle can be recycled once finished with, his idea was a foolproof way of staying green.

“Almost all vegetables could power iPods because they contain ions, which react with energy drinks to create a charge,” informed Phil Stubbles, a physics lecturer from St Vincent College in Gosport, Hampshire.

He added, “The only problem is you have no control over how long it may work for, and it can be smelly.”