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Originally posted by Shadow88
Im having trouble working out a viable power source.
There are of course the recent advances in batteries. (look it up on ats, something about a battery lasting 30 times longer or whatever)
Then theres palmtop-size nuclear generator..........steering clear of that.
The point is mute as those wont be completed for some time.
Then theres a magnetic generator i worked on. Of course it wouldnt likely produce anywhere near the amount of electricity i require, on such a scale.
Then there is cooling. Liquid nitrogen would be my first choice, but wouldnt it just warm up and turn to gas?
Theres just so much other stuff ON TOP of the basic prototype science.
Originally posted by Shadow88
Im having trouble working out a viable power source.
There are of course the recent advances in batteries. (look it up on ats, something about a battery lasting 30 times longer or whatever)
Then theres palmtop-size nuclear generator..........steering clear of that.
The point is mute as those wont be completed for some time.
Then theres a magnetic generator i worked on. Of course it wouldnt likely produce anywhere near the amount of electricity i require, on such a scale.
Then there is cooling. Liquid nitrogen would be my first choice, but wouldnt it just warm up and turn to gas?
Theres just so much other stuff ON TOP of the basic prototype science.
Originally posted by Shadow88
Im having trouble working out a viable power source.
There are of course the recent advances in batteries. (look it up on ats, something about a battery lasting 30 times longer or whatever)
Then theres palmtop-size nuclear generator..........steering clear of that.
The point is mute as those wont be completed for some time.
Then theres a magnetic generator i worked on. Of course it wouldnt likely produce anywhere near the amount of electricity i require, on such a scale.
Then there is cooling. Liquid nitrogen would be my first choice, but wouldnt it just warm up and turn to gas?
Theres just so much other stuff ON TOP of the basic prototype science.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A U.S. chemist is trying to determine how the world will produce enough energy to supply 9 billion people by mid-century - and whether that can be done without pumping off-the-charts amounts of carbon dioxide into the air. Daniel Nocera, 48, is working to achieve an old, elusive dream: using the bountiful energy in sunlight to split water into its basic components, hydrogen and oxygen. The elements could then be used to supply clean-running fuel cells or new kinds of machinery.
Or the energy created from the reaction itself, as atomic bonds are severed and re-formed, might be harnessed and stored. There is a beautiful model for this: photosynthesis. Sunlight kickstarts a reaction in which leaves break down water and carbon dioxide and turn them into oxygen and sugar, which plants use for fuel. But plants developed this process over billions of years, and even so, it's technically not that efficient. Nocera and other scientists are trying to replicate that - and perhaps improve on it - in decades. Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, but it's generally locked up in compounds with other elements.
Currently, it is chiefly harvested from fossil fuels, whose use is the main cause of carbon dioxide emissions blamed for global warming. And so while hydrogen fuel cells - in which hydrogen and oxygen combine to produce electricity and water - have a green reputation, their long-term promise could be limited unless the hydrogen they consume comes from clean sources. That's where Nocera's method comes in. If it works, it would be free of carbon and the epitome of renewable, since it would be powered by the sun. Enough energy from sunlight hits the earth every hour to supply the world for months. The challenge is harnessing it and storing it efficiently, which existing solar technologies do not do.
Originally posted by Shadow88
I havent read much on tesla........but he was killed for his work?
The second my invention is complete, i am going straight to the media, so that there is a dated video record of me and my invention........that way hopefully there will be less chance of any......"accidents"....
Neway i doubt there is any secret agenda to stop the human race progressing too fast etc etc.....*shifty eyes*
Also wtf? Icke is a nutjob.....
[edit on 7-8-2005 by Shadow88]