pilferage wrote:Don't worry about large scale energy production. There's no need to reinvent fission (energy positive fusion would be nice though). However, unlike some posters in this thread, I believe ZPE could have a huge impact if we were able to create suitable variable geometry nanocomponents.
http://www.hep.caltech.edu/~phys199/lec ... _6_cas.pdf
But even if possible, this is decades away...
P.s. No really, don't worry about energy, as prices go up we'll start to see electric/gas hybrids, having longer and longer electric range as battery tech progresses until the Hydrogen economy infrastructure is in place.
Check out the difference in energy between a pound of Uranium and a pound of oil...
http://www.phy.syr.edu/courses/modules/ ... ables.html
no biggie, just a factor of five. With nuclear power being the more energetic (and more efficient I believe) application, we should've switched to a fission based energy system years ago. The auto and oil industries had a lot to lose... So, nuclear was put on the back burner, and they made money hand over fist.
P.p.s I wonder if there are any socio-economic theories regarding changing resources bases... it would put this whole situation in a different light.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Rickenbacker wrote:For a bit of a laugh, I thought I'd give the UFO stuff another chance, see if it held any similar credibility or was the product of a bunch of inbred hicks. I came across 'the disclosure project' (http://www.disclosureproject.com/) which has testimonies from numerous (over 400) government, corporate, intelligence service and military staff with some extraordinary claims. It reaches a point where you can either dismiss the whole thing as an incredibly elaborate (and risky) hoax for seemingly little benefit to the participants beyond a few book sales, or you have to accept that there may well be somthing to it.
threadbear wrote:GG3, I understand Bernard Haisch doesn't share your dismissive views about ufos...
threadbear wrote:As a matter of fact I looked up his site and found my husband's book on his list of reading material required to understand how a political cover up could and would work.
Bernard Haisch wrote:The above is, of course, short of any kind of proof, but all in all I have now gotten to the point in my exposure to the subject at which I think it somewhat more likely than not that something not merely delusional, but real and important may be going on with regard to the UFO phenomenon. If so, I would like to discover what it is, or what the ensemble of phenomena are if it is a multiplicity of things...
threadbear wrote:If there is some kind of exotic form of energy already available to humanity, we won't be seeing it, as the weapons potential would be a real issue.
threadbear wrote:The patent process itself, would insure that any kind of zero-point or exotic energy producing technology would automatically qualify as a potential threat to national security, and would be handled as such. This would require inventor to have a security clearance and a likely gag imposed on his discussing his/her invention.
threadbear wrote:Does this mean that zero-point is real? No. It just illustrates that if there is a very efficient form of cheap energy out there, we're not going to know about it, for a variety of reasons. Oil economics would also play an essential resistant role.
threadbear wrote: Rickenbacker, Welcome to the wall of laughter. Are you going to try to scale it, or go back to consensus reality with your tail between your legs?
threadbear wrote:Lakeweb, My post was addressed to GG3, not to you. I read your post and was very interested in it. I'm having some troubles responding directly to posts using the quote feature. So though my post followed your's, I wasn't responding...
threadbear wrote: PM me and tell me more about your experiences, I'd love to hear about them.
Matrim wrote:Just wondering what everyone thinks would happen if we actually achieved a limitless supply of energy?
Gideon wrote:In less than 200 years the planet becomes uninhabitable.
simontay78 wrote:
Currently Solar is such renewable energy but it's relatively expensive compared to conventional energy (Priced on that value on purposed?)
Matrim wrote:Just wondering what everyone thinks would happen if we actually achieved a limitless supply of energy? I know what I think would happen but I'd like to know what you think would happen. I'll post what I think the consequences of such a thing would be if anyone actually replies to this, but first, your thoughts.
Heineken wrote:Ultimately we'd destroy every planet in the universe, habitable or not.
The universe would become a giant pulsing humanoid mass.
People would become God.
MonteQuest wrote:To me, given our current cultural mindset, the worse thing that could happen would be to find some inexhaustible new source of energy.
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