A look at emerging energy technologies
A COLUMN By Frederick Sinclair, pictured is Nikola Tesla in his lab
When we contemplate the fact that creation is composed of energy from Source, which is neither created nor destroyed but only changes form and, according to Einstein, the quantity in any given measured mass is equal to the volume of that mass times the speed of light squared; all of a sudden we are talking about big numbers. Modern day physicists have characterized what we consider to be empty space as actually an intelligent primordial plasma, with one cubic centimeter (thimbleful), containing enough energy to boil away all of the earth’s oceans. Such pure energy would have to be converted to heat in order to perform such a feat. That capture and transformation of Source into light, heat, electricity and locomotive force, has been an obsession and served the needs of mankind since the discovery of fire.
The focus of this discussion is how existing modes of generating electricity, after more than a century of massive growth in population and industry, are failing to meet the demand. The development of Hydro Power has been and remains the most productive, environmentally sound and reliable capturing of gravity, to spin generators. Another essential energy transformative process, used in Hydro and almost all other forms of generating electricity, involves the interaction of coiled wire and magnetic fields, which induces a flow of electrons. Inventors and scientists like Tesla, Edison, Bohr, Plank, and early Quantum physicists pioneered the nature, capture and usage of electricity but unfortunately, industry and government profit motive put the brakes on technologies that could have resulted in highly efficient transformation and endless supply from Source.
Currently, there several new means of generating and storing electricity being developed to meet societal demands for now and the immediate future. They are:
- Modular Salt and Integral Fast Spectrum Reactors are Gen.IV modular designs similar to units used on ships, which cannot melt down. Some designs can also burn down the radioactive waste from existing reactors.
- Fuel Cells which convert fuels, such as Hydrogen into electricity and heat for combined heat and power (CHP) for small to large scale applications and produce little or no harmful emissions.
- Generation of Hydrogen gas through electrolysis. Hydrogen can be utilized in internal combustion engines running generators and is also preferred in fuel cells. Electricity is required to break the Hydrogen and Oxygen bond in water.
- Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) improve the viability of windmill and solar panel generating systems, Batteries are also are important home backup system components. The threats of Lithium based batteries is being mitigated with the invention and production of batteries that are less expensive, store more, cycle longer and don’t catch fire. Examples are water based Iron Air, cheaper and safer Sodium Ion; low cost super performing Aluminum Air and much improved Lead Acid.
- Advances in Super Capacitors are augmenting the rapid demand and load response capability of battery storage systems.
Scientists and inventors are also continuing work on Free Energy Devices which utilize properties of electromagnetism and strong magnetic forces of attraction and repulsion. Gravity, forces in rotational torque and flywheels are also being utilized to store momentum and spin generators. Free Energy, however, should not be confused with accessing the Source ‘Zero Point Field’, sometimes referred to as the Singularity. This experimentation often involves the use of frequencies and vibration to morph background Source energy into electricity; where an infinite source will flow, that always equals demand. It was Nicola Tesla who proclaimed; “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
Fred Sinclair is an Alfred NY writer who pens a weekly COLUMN for local media outlets on a variety of topics you won’t find in the mainstream media. You can reach him anytime, fpsinclair@yahoo.com
