what do you think would happen if america's greatest inventor (t.v.show), issued a challenge to americans to invent a new fuel or energy source. do you think that the media could pull it off without any redtape from oil co.'s or politicans? do you think it would be a good thing to try?
2006-07-03 06:52:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
I suspect that all of the potential energy sources have been identified. The trick is to make them economic and practical. There simply aren't enough folks out there with the brains and cash to do even the simplest of work on any new energy source.
Look at hydrogen. Sounds great at first blush but right now there is no way to produce it in a manner that yields a net increase in energy. It takes more energy right now to make hydrogen than you will get when you burn the hydrogen!!
The oil companies are really not worried. Just plastic production alone will use a great deal of the petroleum and that demand isn't going to become smaller.
Bottom line: Nice idea but not practical.
2006-07-03 07:44:46 · answer #1 · answered by oil field trash 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I hereby patent the vast energy of the oceans, seas, and water table when proposed by America's Greatest Inventor or currently unknown additional asserter as pertains to the subject of the question or proposed challenge, i.e. the production of energy.
2006-07-03 08:54:18 · answer #2 · answered by Pup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The trouble is not with inventing a new fuel, but with convincing all of the people who have made billions of dollars off of the oil industry (hello, wars in the middle east!?) to not only give that up, but allow someone else to make that money! Most of our politicians eithr have their fingers in the oil industry or are paid by those who do. Good luck getting those powerful men to let go of that security. They don't care about your grandchildren. They care about money and power.
2006-07-03 07:18:20 · answer #3 · answered by lilli b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We have plenty of new fuels - hydrogen, natural gas, fuel cells, , ethanol, hybrid cars, electric cars.
The challenge is to make it cheaper than oil-based fuel, which requires a lot of investment.
2006-07-03 06:57:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it is worth a try. What's the worst that could happen? They wouldn't succeed? Then we wouldn't be any more worse off then we are right now.
2006-07-03 06:59:10 · answer #5 · answered by squeakyLOL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would have to be a dire emergency for anyone to do something drastic because it goes against human nature.
2006-07-03 08:46:13 · answer #6 · answered by Irish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be open to the idea. don't think the Media is necessary for that one. Yahoo works.
2006-07-03 06:56:53 · answer #7 · answered by kritikos43 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, this would be a great, thing to see, it would be an reality show that included education!
2006-07-03 07:04:02 · answer #8 · answered by Bobbi S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋