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- Posted by robbosdog 2 years ago. There are 7 posts. The latest reply is from pranabjyoti.
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Well firstly, we need to have a look this from a physical point of view. The term "Free Energy" is a term that i avoid by all means necessary, because it is literally impossible.
There are many new emerging technologies out there that have a focus on bringing the efficiency of a product as close to a theoretical maximum as possible. Another interesting thing that is being heavily researched is several physical effects where more energy is released than is put in. There is a couple of technologies that are emerging in terms of their research:
- Fusion energy Fusion via Wikipedia
- Cold Fusion energy Cold Fusion via WikipediaI've gotten together with a small team to build just a small scale Cold Fusion reactor. I want to test it out, because there have been other teams that have reported success in this field.
Lol, hope this has been interesting content to get this thread started.
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Ok, how about 'abundant energy?' Fusion and cold fusion are both great but I'm not quite able to build one in my backyard yet. (waiting for you, Klaxon, to tell me how :o) Lets have a look at what is in abundance around us, specifically in Australia;
Sunlight
Leaf-litter
Sand
Sea-water (Near the coast)how can we use these to our advantage to create energy? I know there are people building wood-powered generators that will run of anything that can burn. Lets build some. There are too many 'grand ideas' kicking around with this movement. I want to look at what can be done RIGHT NOW either just by myself or with a handful of people.
And Klaxon, what is preventing/slowing you from building the cold fusion prototype you're trying to build? Maybe someone can help out.
Ilija
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Hmm, its just a matter of getting a couple of my crazy-ass engineer friends together to build the damn thing, and the costs associated with some of the components, thats all.
Once we have these, we can assemble something basic, but it won't be for a while, and there are far more important things that we need to address. A cold fusion reactor is no easy feat, and failing that, i could just look into superconductor technology and explore areas in that region.As you may have already guessed, i'm an engineering student, and i'm primarily associated with the Technology branch of the Movement.
As far as incinerators go, the air pollution they create just makes them completely unsustainable in terms of the incomplete combustion and the harmful chemicals created from this (Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, etc). Solar panels are a HERE AND NOW thing, but unfortunately the cost is through the roof unless we build them themselves. Leaf-litter will work well for composting and the like, and sea-water still has a long way to go before it can be effectively implemented
I'll have a look into ways we can use these for energies. Being an electrical engineer, this is sort of my forte, so i figure its my responsibility to research in this area.
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How about this one:
http://www.magniwork.com
I think you can buy the 'PLANS' then try it yourself.I think New Zealand runs on 70% hydro power. Dams and things...
But for Australia? I think with (don't like guessing) 60%??? unpopulated desert wouldn't it be natural to head in a solar or wind direction?
Sonar luminescence for cold fusion has been dis-counted by and large by the scientific community.
What about large turbine farms in the Gulf Stream and other known ocean currents.
Geo-thermal does sound like the big one though....
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Okay, i really hope that you were posting the magniwork link as an example of fraud, because these guys bit the dust years ago when they tried to shit around with a zero-point energy idea, which ended up being a huge scam with no scientific basis.
Yes, cold fusion has a whole lot going against it, but its a fun experiment, and universities around the world are reporting excess energy anomalies which is in the form of heat, and light. I'm not saying cold-fusion is sound, in fact, in the spirit of the scientific method, i want to see if ANY of the claims are true. Systematic disproof is the only way to go really. Fusion is the next big leap, but why not have some fun with high-power while you can
Yes, geothermal trumps the lot, and i'd really like to see new development in that field. I'm not exactly sure what i can do with that, because to be honest, i just don't know enough about the ITER project and the experimental reactor to make a comment on it. There are experts out there for that.
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At present, both efficiency and output of solar thermal power plants are quite low and it's a big reason behind the high cost of kWh electricity produced in present day solar thermal power plants. The other reason is the high cost of maintenance of array of reflectors. But, this cost can be reduced to less than 1/3rd of the present day level. The way is using atmospheric or psychometric heat along with solar heat. The way is very very simple. First, evaporate the water with the help of a vacuum pump in such a way so that the latent heat of vaporization of water comes from the atmospheric heat and then heating the vapor produced in this manner with solar heat. It can be easily calculated that in a steam at temp 300ºC produced in the same manner as that of present day thermal and solar thermal power plants; latent heat of vaporization of water is about 2/3rd of the heat consumed by water in this process. By vacuum evaporation of water, the latent heat of vaporization of water comes from the atmosphere and heating the vapor by array of solar reflector would need 1/3rd of heat necessary before. Therefore, with just 1/3rd of the amount of solar reflecting arrays, we can get same efficiency and output.
I am just giving here a short zest of the idea here. Anybody interested, who is willing to discuss this idea with me, can contact me at pranabjyoti_calcutta@rediffmail.com.
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