OUT OF OIL

America always seems to be at war, now thát’s a waste of energy. I guess they need an enemy like all scenario’s need conflict to create drama. I fight therefore I am. The instrument to keep the fighting going on is the Pentagon and believe it or not but every now and then something good comes out of these fortified walls. Like so many great inventions have been abused by the war industry, this one probably will too it’s in the human nature, but still it looks like a promising idea. Okay, it will cost a lot of energy before it even starts to be productive, but once it’s there it will continue providing energy for a long time. The idea is not exactly new, it dates back to the late sixties, but since then technology has improved quite a bit and energy is getting more expensive so now the project can be cost effective and off course being independent from the Oil industry is interesting for the Pentagon too.

The idea is simple; the atmosphere absorbs a lot of the sunlight aimed at the earth. So why not bring a satellite into space with a giant solar sail that catches this pure light turning it into energy. This can be sent to earth in the form of microwaves and then it is used to provide the power for a couple of microwave ovens down here. Renewable energy from space, zero emission. A bit expensive and energy consuming to get it started, but the intention is to make it a ten year project, giving it a billion dollar a year. And what’s a billion dollar nowadays? So, if you like to fight, why not fight against the destruction of the environment. Let’s roll.

 This beauty and others can be found here.

They also offer a cool jelly fish.

(Sorry, lost the rest of the text due to a mistake. Mea Culpa, that was my fault. But never mind, I’m sure you can think of a good purpose for the ideas as presented on the inventors site yourself.)

The end is near.

It’s not happening tomorrow, nor next week, not even in the following decade, but earth is running out of it rather soon. We probably have used up most of it already and the demand increases day by day. Let’s face it, we are running

OUT OF OIL

In a way this might be a blessing for oil is not considered an environment friendly source of energy, as it is playing a main role in the global warming. Now that the end of the oil era is in view we are forced to search for alternatives, preferably clean sustainable energy sources for the future. This blog wants to investigate the developments in this search for ‘new energy’.