[Kylon]

I was wondering, if someone had the solution to Peak Oil, and the inveitable doom was forseen by the masses, could they possibly use that to obtain complete and total political power over the masses?

Would everyone end up being their servants?

Or would they just be scape goated as the problem, killed and then the technology possibly forcibly removed from them, meanwhile some bastard claims the credit as hero, saying he stopped the evil which caused Peak Oil, even though he killed the person who solved the problem, and then he/she use that for political power?

Questions....

[rogerhb]

What technical solution would there be to overpopulation?

[Kylon]

A means of converting ambient thermal energy to usable energy.

Essentially a device, that, whenever you use energy up, it's not lost, it can be reused over and over and over again, so long as it doesn't leave the planet. A device which extracts thermal energy from the air, and allows you to use it to perform work.

With that kind of power source it would at least solve the problem for the next 100 years.

By then, people should have fusion. This of course would only delay the problem further, and greater and greater technological progression would be needed to counteract humans needs.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'I') was wondering, if someone had the solution to Peak Oil
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Or would they just be scape goated as the problem

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'T')his of course would only delay the problem further, and greater and greater technological progression would be needed to counteract humans needs.

[threadbear]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('rogerhb', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'I') was wondering, if someone had the solution to Peak Oil
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Or would they just be scape goated as the problem

[SurvivalAcres]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'I') was wondering, if someone had the solution to Peak Oil, and the inveitable doom was forseen by the masses, could they possibly use that to obtain complete and total political power over the masses?

Would everyone end up being their servants?

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', ' ')Essentially a device, that, whenever you use energy up, it's not lost, it can be reused over and over and over again, so long as it doesn't leave the planet.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', 'I')t cannot ever exist.

[Kylon]

If I told you what I was talking about it wouldn't violate the laws of thermodynamics. There are loopholes.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'I')f I told you what I was talking about it wouldn't violate the laws of thermodynamics. There are loopholes.

[Kylon]

Nah, I am serious, it would be done through a chemical process rather than using an engine.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'N')ah, I am serious, it would be done through a chemical process rather than using an engine.

[Kylon]

So your saying, if it worked, it would be classified as a perpetual motion machine, and therefore couldn't be patented?

I don't see how it's a perpetual motion machine, it's essentially just using a type of reversible endothermic exothermic reaction, to produce energy.

Thanks for the info, I believe I won't be talking about this subject any longer.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'I') believe I won't be talking about this subject any longer.

[Aedo]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'I') don't see how it's a perpetual motion machine, it's essentially just using a type of reversible endothermic exothermic reaction, to produce energy.

[MonteQuest]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'N')ah, I am serious, it would be done through a chemical process rather than using an engine.

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('MonteQuest', 'I')f it did, water would flow uphill on it's own.

[katkinkate]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kylon', 'N')ah, I am serious, it would be done through a chemical process rather than using an engine.

[Doly]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('katkinkate', '
')The trouble with reversible chemical reactions is, if you split a molecule (Z) into smaller molecules A and B, producing a certain amount of energy for use elsewhere, to recombine A and B to get back Z usually takes at least the same amount of energy that splitting them did.