Will 2006 Bring Free Energy Breakthrough?
CategoriesWe have been somewhat thoughtless in our choice of energy technologies in the past, perhaps sidetracked by commercial interests vested in the exploitation, transformation and sale of oil. Not that there weren't any other choices we could have made years ago.
We probably would not have wars to control the oil and to preserve the petrodollar, if these choices had been made in time. Now, climate change and oil prices are forcing change. The advocates of "free energy" are finding they have an audience - finally.
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In a year-end report on developments at the new-energy technologies frontier, Sterling D. Allan of Pure Energy Systems has pulled together the major developments in the budding field of alternative energy generation in a report of 2005 with projections for 2006...
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According to the report, the year 2005 saw large wind power installments come into a price range where they are now competitive with traditional grid prices. 2006 could see several solar designs do the same.
The report also notes that Cold fusion was boosted with two, concurrent and independent sonofusion breakthroughs, though the stigma in the name is still deeply seated.
Projections for 2006 include the arrival on the commercial scene of floating wind turbines -- buoyed up in the water like oil rigs, or elevated high in the air, courtesy of helium. Also, 2006 is likely to see at least three companies offering after-market kits for adding Brown's gas (H and O from electrolysis, common ducted) to the air intake of vehicles for enhanced mileage and performance. Many other fuel economizing systems are slated to mature in the marketplace.
The report also predicts that evidence of climate change will likely continue to mount, adding urgency to the search for solutions. And while it will yet be years before we harness lightning, stable tornado systems prototypes that tap waste heat from power plants could arrive this coming year.
Will 2006 be the year that clean energy becomes more the vogue than cool computer gadgets?
See the full report with references
There is also a listing of 2005 energy news to bring you up to date on what is happening.
Oh yes, Slashdot has picked up the story, and there is a lively discussion you can join here.
posted by Sepp Hasslberger on Monday January 2 2006
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