The future of energy

Very interesting.

Very interesting, thanks for the link. I would love to know the cost of the products they were talking about.
But, would the big energy companies allow free energy? Maybe if they were still government owned we could do it, but now that our smart politicians have privatised them all, I think not. Like the process of getting petroleum out of coal, now being very cost effective and the end product being better for the environment. Australian was in a brilliant position to capitalize on this, but not while we have the big oil companies and certain political interests.....
But, at least there are people out there looking at different ideas. I hope it all happens one day. Kevin

Amazing. Fascinating.

Very, very interesting indeed. Thanks for posting.

Its very true that "free energy" or something very close to that, after you buy the products to produce it, are an amazing thing. However, to play devils advocate for a moment, consider the changes in our society for such a thing to occur.

Currently we have some rather large industries involved in mining energy, refining energy and distributing energy. No one in our society gets "free" energy. We pay (through the nose) for all our transport fuel and household fuel for lighting and cooking, etc.

It might be a bit of a stretch to consider right now, but lets suppose we follow
Mr. Justin Hall-Tipping and most households convert to free nano-energy.

Suddenly, or over time just like how the internet came about, we have a 20% downturn in the demand for coal fired power? What would the flow on effects be? Less people required to mine the stuff, transport it, etc. Less demand on power plants, which, amongst other things, require a base load to operate? How much unemployment would result? A significant chunk of our tax base would also be lost.

I'm not trying to be raining on such remarkable, inspiring and forward thinking ideas. But if we are to do such things there will be downsides that need to be considered and dealt with.

Thanks Rockape for sharing,
I have been following this for some years after hearing about it being trialled in India while trekking there. It looks very promising. I hope our government embraces it and allows it to be affordable for everyone.
Cheers,
Terra