Alternative Fuels

This cracks me up, "the goal is to create more energy than is used in the process."

I hear this statement all of the time when it comes to exploring for new alternative fuels.  The phrase will appear in this article I linked - Could Salt Water fuel cars? by How Stuff Works.

The simple fact is, in Einstein's Theory, there is no loss or gain of energy, just a transformation.  If I could make two days worth of gasoline out of 3 days worth of (name your energy source here like the sun, or hydrogen, or hydro power, or wind energy, or cow farts) you have converted an immediate source of energy to a storable source of energy to use on demand at a later time.  This convenience is well worth the added price.

I think the classic example of this is the alkaline battery we use in our toys.  It costs way more to produce this battery than the energy it will deliver, but it is well worth the price because it is storable energy that can be used on demand.

So, why not make a device that takes electricity from the power grid at night, and stores this energy for use during the day?  Compressed air seems like a good way to explore.  If you can convert energy sources to compressed air turbines, then solar, wind, geothermal, and biological could be connected to your home grid outside of the power company.  OH!  The Power Company!  Maybe they are spreading these bad rumors so you do not store power for later demand?  Just a thought.

Get busy.  We need your mind and sweat to build us a marketable way to store energy at the individual consumer level. 

Peace Out, EinStud
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PS - By the way, if the How Stuff Works link is ever deleted ( http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-efficiency/alternative-fuels/salt-water-fuel1.htm ), just know that it was an RFG (Radio Frequency Generator) aimed at saltwater that produced a flame.  And the experiment was reproduced.  And there seems to be a way to make it stable.

EinStud's Theory 2013 - Knowledge is Power.  Wanting too much power is ill advised, and nonhuman.
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