eh.. i'm not that creative - just trying to understand what you could really do.. magnetism.. processing.. would nanotech make use of power? `shrugs` just looking for theoretical ideas.. trying to understand theoretical possibility. thoughts.. amusement.. whatevr would be appreciated :P
2007-01-28 10:51:52 · 7 answers · asked by honorablepassion 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
The first thing you'd do is share it, so as to stop the world from being held hostage by those entities that control nearly 60% of the world's limited energy resources (i.e. oil and natural gas).
It'd be fun watching Iran, Iraq, UAE and Saudi Arabia (to name a few) fall into a state of irrelevant isolation. (Sorry guys, but we just don't need any more of your oil...and we hate figs. Have fun hating each other!)
Using ANYTHING that provides sustenance to the world as leverage to implant a dogma of hatred is despicable. There could be no higher calling than to use technology to disrupt this trend.
2007-01-29 02:43:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The entire world could become modernized.
An unlimited energy source would force the Middle East to re-evaluate their importance and contributions to the world - and certainly would be a reality check for the entire petroleum industry.
Not that long ago, nuclear energy was touted as this source - it was said that nuclear energy would produce electricity that would be too cheap to meter! And then the reality of the real expense, complexity, safety and disposal of the radioactive wastes shot that idea all to hell. Oh well, it sure sounded good at the time.
Unfortunately, every industrialized country is run on oil - heating, machinery, transportation and so on - all geared to use oil. Any other source would have to be phased in slowly to prevent a major disruption of present technology and the build up of the necessary equipment to use the new source.
Ideas? Hydrogen based energy, solar, wind, geo-thermal or tidal forces. We have the knowledge and technology to find and develop alternate energy sources - but, unfortunately, as long as petroleum is less expensive than the alternatives - little real research and development will take place - it must be financially viable to invest in alternatives to displace oil and other petroleum based fuels. If the alternative is more expensive, it won't be a product with much demand. And it would have to also be as efficient and reliable as our oil based machinery - or, again, the alternative would not replace what we already use.
2007-01-28 13:29:25 · answer #2 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me ask you a question... How fast can I take energy from the unlimited source? In other words how much POWER can I have?
All the Energy I want is of limited use if it only comes at me at 1 Joule per second (1 Watt). In fact, anyone can derive "unlimited energy", free, from "space", anytime, but it comes at a rate of microWatts.
Can I get my unlimited energy at
10 Watts (charge my car battery)?
5 kiloWatt (enough for my 'comfortable' home)?
10 MegaWatt (enough for a small city)?
1 GigaWatt (enough for my (low population) state)?
1 TeraWatt (enough to get a large manned-space-mission to Mars)?
1 PetaWatt (maybe enough for a manned mission to the nearest stars)?
That's what I would do -- go explore the galaxy -- if I had unlimited energy, and at that massive power rate.
2007-02-01 05:24:11 · answer #3 · answered by tlbs101 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an unlimited energy source that was free would mean more than we can imagine. there is so much that could be accomplished. food in ever part of the planet, travel for everyone, space travel, of course nano tech, robotics, but what happens when the corporations figure out how to have a monopoly and control this energy, because they will.
2007-01-28 11:05:19 · answer #4 · answered by Jackie G 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
unlimited energy source is quite a paradoxical cliche..like the methuselah for the sick..it's what the world need roght now to stop the degradation of the environment..though energy is neither created nor destroyed..energy only became entropic in form when used unefficiently..maybe a device which would transform entropic energy to useful energy would be useful..
2007-01-28 11:13:02 · answer #5 · answered by dj dmaxxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
power a car, power an electric generator, power a city, heat homes....what would you want to use power for? That is what unlimited power could benefit...
2007-01-28 11:00:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Undo the Big Bang?
2007-01-28 10:56:41 · answer #7 · answered by Still Alive 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋