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FEerguy9
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Just an idea from a novice about energy .......
It seems that the near-infinite energy all around the earth is mostly going to
waste, while we are still drilling for oil. Oil stores energy from the sun.
It is obvious to me that this same solar energy can now be captured as
electrical charge. As can wind, thermal, wave, tidal, stream, and several
more.
But how do we store that captured charge? That is, if we do not store it in
oil, as has been done for a long, long time, how DO we store it? How, for
instance, would we store it in an electric vehicle, in order to operate that
vehicle?
I suggest capacitance - of sorts. Before you laugh, please read on. (And,
please remember that I am not an electrical engineer - I am a retired IE, so I
do - at least - have a few of the EE basics.)
The big problem with this is capacitor plate size. There are others, but that
is the big one. If we wanted to put up with huge capacitor plates on top of
our vehicles, this would be EASY. But, that would never fly.
So, I suggest using STM technology to form exactly matching configured plates
to hold the charge. It is my understanding that STM technology is capable of
configuring on a molecular level.
Such configuration could maximize the matching flat plate area by "digging"
into innerspace with STM, and forming those plates there - in innerspace.
I believe that we could pack enough electrical charge in those plates to
operate an electrical vehicle. Remember that there are about 15, or so,
natural sources of that charge, so it is not just solar. And a continuous
imput of these various sources would assure an ongoing energy supply, stored -
as needed - from whatever selection of energy collection devices happens to be
used. And, that may vary, according to cost, need and location. That is, a
very sunny area may be inclined to invest in solar panels, a windy area might
invest in wind equipment.
I would guess that we could approach the energy density of coal or oil in the
storage suggested here, if it were done right. It just seems to me that oil -
in particular - is an ongoing problem in many ways, and that this might be the
way to get away from it as a vital necessity. Not to mention that this would
fit in nicely with the advent of electric vehicles.
Just an idea from a novice about energy .......
It seems that the near-infinite energy all around the earth is mostly going to
waste, while we are still drilling for oil. Oil stores energy from the sun.
It is obvious to me that this same solar energy can now be captured as
electrical charge. As can wind, thermal, wave, tidal, stream, and several
more.
But how do we store that captured charge? That is, if we do not store it in
oil, as has been done for a long, long time, how DO we store it? How, for
instance, would we store it in an electric vehicle, in order to operate that
vehicle?
I suggest capacitance - of sorts. Before you laugh, please read on. (And,
please remember that I am not an electrical engineer - I am a retired IE, so I
do - at least - have a few of the EE basics.)
The big problem with this is capacitor plate size. There are others, but that
is the big one. If we wanted to put up with huge capacitor plates on top of
our vehicles, this would be EASY. But, that would never fly.
So, I suggest using STM technology to form exactly matching configured plates
to hold the charge. It is my understanding that STM technology is capable of
configuring on a molecular level.
Such configuration could maximize the matching flat plate area by "digging"
into innerspace with STM, and forming those plates there - in innerspace.
I believe that we could pack enough electrical charge in those plates to
operate an electrical vehicle. Remember that there are about 15, or so,
natural sources of that charge, so it is not just solar. And a continuous
imput of these various sources would assure an ongoing energy supply, stored -
as needed - from whatever selection of energy collection devices happens to be
used. And, that may vary, according to cost, need and location. That is, a
very sunny area may be inclined to invest in solar panels, a windy area might
invest in wind equipment.
I would guess that we could approach the energy density of coal or oil in the
storage suggested here, if it were done right. It just seems to me that oil -
in particular - is an ongoing problem in many ways, and that this might be the
way to get away from it as a vital necessity. Not to mention that this would
fit in nicely with the advent of electric vehicles.
