On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 08:06:47PM +0430, Deepa Mohan wrote: > I somehow feel (no rational basis for this thought) that one day > humankind will discover how to easily (and probably wirelessly and
Sure -- sunrays don't come with wires attached. > cheaply) trap the energy all around us, and future generations will > laugh at our fossil fuels, nuclear fission, and attempts at harnessing Here's laughing at you since 1839 (Becquerel). Or Grove, same year. Or EVs, sincd 1880s. > other natural forces such as wind and water, and will wonder how the I wouldn't call it attempts. Hydro power is almost fully utilized, and wind is already cheaper than burning dead dinos. > human race could have been so inefficient and blind as not to > see....(insert the correct energy source here) ....as a cheap, easy 1.4 kW/m^2 for free is truly hard to beat, yes. > source of energy. There's zero mystique there. High-school physics is fully sufficient. -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
