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99-MPG Car
The holy grail of automotive technology is
the 99-mpg car. Although the technology
has been available for years, automakers
have deliberately withheld it from the U.S.
market. In 2000, the New York Times
reported a little-known fact, at least to
most: A diesel-powered dynamo called the
Volkswagen Lupo had driven around the
world averaging higher than 99 mpg. The
Lupo was sold in Europe from 1998 to 2005
but, once again, automakers prevented it
from coming to market; they claimed
Americans had no interest in small, fuel-
efficient cars.
Free Energy
Nikola Tesla was more than just the
inspiration for a hair metal band, he was
also an undisputed genius. In 1899, he
figured out a way to bypass fossil-fuel-
burning power plants and power lines,
proving that "free energy" could be
harnessed using ionization in the upper
atmosphere to produce electrical
vibrations. J.P. Morgan, who had been
funding Tesla's research, had a bit of
buyer's remorse when he realized that free
energy for all wasn't as profitable as, say,
actually charging people for every watt of
energy use. Morgan then drove another
nail in free energy's coffin by chasing away
other investors, ensuring Tesla's dream
would die.
Water-Powered Vehicles
Despite how silly it sounds, water-fueled
vehicles do exist. The most famous is Stan
Meyer's dune buggy, which achieved 100
miles per gallon and might have become
more commonplace had Meyer not
succumbed to a suspicious brain aneurysm
at 57. Insiders have loudly claimed that
Meyer was poisoned after he refused to sell
his patents or end his research. Fearing a
conspiracy, his partners have all but gone
underground (or should we say
underwater?) and taken his famed water-
powered dune buggy with them. We just
hope someone finally brings back the
amphibious car.
Originally posted by -PLB-
I can imagine that it is a comforting thought, to think that its just some evil group of people holding us back from free energy, and we are in fact not really doomed. Though I do not believe in any of that, I still see some very interesting developments, and I am not that pessimistic. A really cool project, one that does not involved conspiracies or hoaxes, is Dessertec. But its not really being suppressed so I guess its not very interesting.
But its not really being suppressed so I guess its not very interesting.
Energy is available in abundance and we have the technology to use it
All kinds of renewables will be used in the DESERTEC Concept, but the sun-rich deserts of the world play a special role: within six hours, deserts receive more energy from the sun than humankind consumes within a year. Thanks to heat storage tanks, concentrating solar-thermal power plants in deserts can supply electricity on demand day and night. This makes them an ideal complement to fluctuating energy sources such as wind and photovoltaic power and allows a higher percentage of these variable energy sources to be used in the future electricity mix.
Originally posted by -PLB-
I can imagine that it is a comforting thought, to think that its just some evil group of people holding us back from free energy, and we are in fact not really doomed. Though I do not believe in any of that, I still see some very interesting developments, and I am not that pessimistic. A really cool project, one that does not involved conspiracies or hoaxes, is Dessertec. But its not really being suppressed so I guess its not very interesting.
Pot. And one wonders why it's illegal.
Originally posted by -PLB-
reply to post by Human_Alien
It seems I touched a nerve . I am pretty familiar with Tesla. In fact, I am a electrical engineer. One of the aspects of becoming one was to learn to discriminate between fantasy and reality.
I do believe in some conspiracies by the way. I just don't believe in the one involving some secret all powerful group of people. The one I believe in is much more complex, involving dozens of secret all powerful groups of people. Though that makes them all much less powerful, in fact, their interests may be opposing.
Originally posted by Jedite
A lot of it isn't even repressed, the common man doesn't think about the repercussions from some of those inventions. Many of them would put hundreds, maybe thousands if not more out of work. Which in turn would start a downward spiral, because they would be spending less if at all, losing many things. Which would force other jobs to lay people off etc etc.
Originally posted by Screwed
A ballpoint pen has very little monetary value. It requires very little 'energy' in order to crank one out and the materials used are materials that require very little energy to produce/manufacture. Ten thousand pens may have some value but not just one.
We would think nothing of getting home and realizing we had inadvertantly pocketed the pen from the bank teller.
We would not be too upset to learn that our co-worker walked off with the pen off of our desk.
We'll come across another one.
What if someone walked/drove off with your car?
What then??
We would be pissed!!!
We call the police,file a police report, make a statement, lose sleep, cry, etc.
Why?
Because the 'car' has more 'value' than the 'pen'.
What gives the car more value than the pen???
Cost of manufacturing.
It costs money to keep the lights on in the factory and to run all of the machinery.
It costs money to buy fuel to run the machines to mine the raw materials.
It costs money to fuel the trucks to ship those materials to the factory.
It costs money to obtain the leather to upholster the seats.
It costs the farmer money to FEED those cows.
It costs the fertilizer company money to produce the fertilizer that is going to fertilize the corn which will feed the cow which will produce the leather seats.
It costs money to pay all of the workers........who need that money......to pay their bills for things like their house, their car payment, their electric bill, their food bill etc, all things which cost so much money because of the cost associated with their production and transportation.
If If IF it were completely free to:
Keep the lights on in the factory and to run all of the machinery.
Buy fuel to run the machines to mine the raw materials.
Fuel the trucks to ship those materials to the factory.
Obtain the leather to upholster the seats.
FEED those cows.
Produce the fertilizer that is going to fertilize the corn which will feed the cow which will produce the leather seats.
Then YES, your car would hold the same value as a common ballpoint pen.
If someone drove off with yours you would walk in to a dealership and ask if you could borrow one of theirs and if they said "No, I'm sorry you'll have to purchase one", you would fork over the $.99 cents and drive off into the sunset.
EVERYTHING would be either free or cost soooo little that it would hardly be worth the effort to ring it up.
Think about that the next time you question whether or not free energy exists and wonder why these greedy parasites who are our slavemasters would want to keep this out of our hands.