I suspect that the lower power products that are mentioned, such as a laptop computer will still need connection to a power generation source that is external. The electrical power they need requires the release of far too much low quality heat for its local generation. My laptop burns a hole in my lap as it is and I can not imagine increasing it's heat release by several times to rely upon internal generation. And, the battery will have to be recharged by some device.
It seems logical for each home to contain its own generation system which should be LENR based. This type of system would also allow for the usage of existing appliances. In the far future, all bets are off as to how power is obtained at an individuals home. I am more concerned about how things play out during my lifetime and not for generations 100 years into the future. The future folks will find better processes than we can imagine with our limited knowledge. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Aug 16, 2013 3:23 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:the future of PdD LENR is not technological Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: So users of big process power from high grade heat are steel mills, cement plants, glass plants, petrochemical refiners, cargo ship, train engines, earth movers, aircraft, trucks, autos, water desalination, buses, pumps, mines... Most process heat will come directly from cold fusion. I do not know if high grade heat for steel mills is possible, but heat for most industrial processes as well as heat for space heating and thermal air conditioning will come from cold fusion directly, not from electricity. Buses, autos and pumps, cargo ships and whatnot will self powered. These are not megawatt applications. Cargo ships and train engines are megawatt applications but the number of units sold each year is small. There will be a few thousand reactors on that scale, whereas there will be hundreds of millions of reactors at 100 W or less. The small end will be a bigger industry, and it will supply a larger fraction of total energy. Petrochemical refiners will not exist. Petrochemical plastic feedstocks will be made from garbage, or from air and water, and other local sources. Not oil pumped from the ground and transported long distances. Aircraft and spacecraft engines are megawatt applications. They will be among the last to be developed, because they are complex and they have to be foolproof and extremely reliable. - Jed
