Re: [Vo]: FRE

[Jed Rothwell]

Paul wrote:

This creates temperature gradients. My point was that present rise 
in temperatures will  be a drop in the bucket with global "free 
energy" unless we develop FRE (Free Recyclable  Energy) machines.

You are assuming that people will act irresponsibly, and ignore clear 
& present dangers. People sometimes do that, but not always.


  IMHO the idea of personal and portable ZPE, cold fusion, etc. 
devices is suicidal.

I do not buy this argument, which Rifkin called "giving a baby a 
machine gun." As I pointed out in my book, chapter 19 (where I quoted Rifkin):

". . . [W]e can easily destroy the earth with the technology we 
already have. We do not need cold fusion, nuclear bombs or any 
advanced technology. We are using fire, man's oldest tool, to destroy 
the rain forests. The ancient Chinese, Greeks and Romans deforested 
large areas and turned millions of hectares of productive cropland 
into desert. The destructive side effects of technology in 2000 BC 
were as bad as they are today."

- Jed