In reply to Wm. Scott Smith's message of Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:16:36 -0800: Hi, [snip] >Besides, free energy wouldn't be free, just from the standpoint that, "extra >money" being diverted from energy into the otherwise same economy will not >increase goods or services nor will it give you more spending power since the >prices of everything else will inflate. Your increased spending power will >simply vanish into the ravenous, slobbering, gaping, burping mouth of the >Beast we call Inflation.
You couldn't be more wrong. *Real* wealth is built upon two pillars:- energy and information/knowledge. Nearly free energy will have a tremendous impact on the *real* wealth of the whole planet. We can only hope that that impact lifts everyone far enough out of poverty to ensure a global reduction in the birth rate. (The population is actually falling in some Western countries, and rises most rapidly in the poorest countries). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
