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Originally posted by wildone106
Oil at $88 a barrel now..how much more until we're priced out of energy altogether..solar power aint gonna cut it..we need that alien technology the fascist pigs are keeping to themselves..this could all be resolved..
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Originally posted by RiotComing
reply to post by Nohup
There would be an initial startup cost, but of course with economies of scale, the cost would diminish to a point where everybody could have them in their homes and in their cars and everywhere.
Free energy is extracted from the quantum vacuum. It actually comes from 'thin air'. Once you have the apparatus and the means, there is ZERO ongoing cost.
Oil companies would be completely redundant. The "facist pigs" suddenly have no control. They have nothing. They wither and die. People have the power instead - literally.
Originally posted by RiotComing
Free energy is extracted from the quantum vacuum. It actually comes from 'thin air'. Once you have the apparatus and the means, there is ZERO ongoing cost.
Oil companies would be completely redundant. The "facist pigs" suddenly have no control. They have nothing. They wither and die. People have the power instead - literally.
That's a pretty pleasant dream. It's got a nice revenge angle to it. But my guess is that any efficent zero point power generator will be the size of a current power plant, require extremely high technical skills and computer control to regulate, and require big quantities of stuff like yttrium, which the oil companies will simply buy and the control production of.
Don't want to harsh anybody's buzz, but in my experience, that's just the way things generally work out. There's always a catch, somebody will always find a way to screw the little guy, and there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Originally posted by Eclipse_Solar
No it doesn't, Nicolai Tesla did it alone in his lab, its the guy that created the AC for electricity, wireless technology such as radio Waves et c.
It was basically a small container, that could be fit in a car et c. Would probably have become nano today.
But your right it wont be free, there might be an energy tax or something.
Originally posted by Solarskye
Yeah I hear ya Nohup. We are paying to die so that all the top notch people can have their way with us. Nobody is free person in this world. We are all slaves to something, but the biggest master is money.
Originally posted by ProfTom
You guys got it all wrong. The free energy thing doesn't really come from "thin air". It was created by Dr. Emmet Brown, It's called the "flux capacitor" He improved it on his journey to the future and installed "Mr. Fusion" It runs on garbage.
Originally posted by surf911
You do realize that inflation adjusted, we have not yet even reached previous peaks in oil prices? Meaning real prices were higher in the past. So stop complaining. Peak oil is here and prices will be over 100 within a few years. Problem is most people like you are too dumb to profit from it. Instead of buying oil stocks and having a smile on your face at the gas station when your pay $3+ you chose to complain and whine like a little baby. Dont worry if enough people like you get together and complain the government will jack up taxes even more so they can help you.
Originally posted by wildone106
What you fail to realize was in the 'past' it was the U.S. as the biggest consumer, now there are at least 2 other U.S. size nations or bigger that are as hungry for oil, with the same dwindling supply? China & India are no longer on the side lines..they are here..NOW & experience economic good times. They want the same standards of living as us, they want more cars, more resources than EVER before.
Its getting harder to get at the oil resources as they dry up which also contributes to the price.
Your stock money wont do you much good when the oil runs out, maybe you can buy a vat of linseed oil and run your fat a$$ hummer on that.
-pwnd.
[edit on 17-10-2007 by surf911]