I know there is no such thing as 'free energy' but what if it was possible?

[Techniko]

I know this is a science forum and not a forum for conspiracy theorists but I have always been intrigued by the idea of a world where everyone has access to 'free' energy. What impact would it have on the world? Would it solve 99 per cent of all problems?

[Vod]

I know this is a science forum and not a forum for conspiracy theorists but I have always been intrigued by the idea of a world where everyone has access to 'free' energy. What impact would it have on the world? Would it solve 99 per cent of all problems?

There will never be "free" energy.  You'll always pay a fee to the power company to maintain the plants and transmissions lines, regardless of what the power itself costs to create.

I think the term you might be looking for is "unlimited" energy?

[Lethn]

There's no such thing as free energy because that's not how the laws of physics works, there is however plenty of cheap energy, everything has a cost and has to come from something especially when you try generating electricity, the problem is people who declare free energy don't think about what they're saying that much which is why it gets thrown around so often especially in politics.

I think the term you might be looking for is "unlimited" energy?

I wouldn't think there was unlimited either really, because even plentiful resources are finite but I could be proven wrong on that point but we haven't discovered anything that is truly unlimited yet.

[BADecker]

I know this is a science forum and not a forum for conspiracy theorists but I have always been intrigued by the idea of a world where everyone has access to 'free' energy. What impact would it have on the world? Would it solve 99 per cent of all problems?

There will never be "free" energy.  You'll always pay a fee to the power company to maintain the plants and transmissions lines, regardless of what the power itself costs to create.

I think the term you might be looking for is "unlimited" energy?

Now and again I can agree with Vod.

Consider that if you were wealthy enough that all your needs in life were taken care of, and all you had to do is digest your food, you would still have to expend energy to do that. It wouldn't quite be free energy, although it might be very close.

It is similar with ALL energy. Electrical energy that we have harnessed for use in everyday electrical and electronic equipment is freely available. It may not be entirely free to generate, because you still have to expend muscle energy to build the generators, etc., but it is available in such quantities that, once the equipment to harness it was built, it might seem free.

The thing that we are attempting to do is to harness a tad of the tremendous quantities of energy in the universe in ways that are not controlled by the big power corporations, or the governments. In other words, it isn't free energy that we are looking for, as much as freedom for the people.

[Decksperiment]

I would suggest reading 'ancient energies of the earth' and know all you need to. If you cant find it online, I can mail a copy, since it's, well, scottish

[intighet]

The laws of physics is a human construct to try to explain, and work, with parts of nature, nature is unconstrained by such laws.

I am going to stop here and recommend that you take another look at Conservation laws in the field of Physics. It is not what they say, but what they mean.

[BADecker]

The laws of physics is a human construct to try to explain, and work, with parts of nature, nature is unconstrained by such laws.

I am going to stop here and recommend that you take another look at Conservation laws in the field of Physics. It is not what they say, but what they mean.

Yet, the laws are only as good as we can be good at determining them. Consider https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=737322.msg8831610#msg8831610.

[jakedeez]

There is no such thing as "unlimited energy" - see Thermodynamics. 

Free, or close to it, and plentiful energy however could well be a reality.  And yes, if it was plentiful and cheap enough it could solve most of the most important problems in the world.  It couldn't solve the fact that humans will eventually get bored and get ourselves into trouble, but things like hunger, the environment, poverty, clean water ect... yeah, it could.

[samaricanin]

Think about Tesla,he wanted to give the free energy

[giveBTCpls]

Of course it's possible. Obviously, there's a certain energy spent to create said energy, but it's damn near to 0 compared to the scam we have today. Check it out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnRyVK7HqJE


Had this be applied today, and the whole scam of a system we live in would collapse next morning, that's the problem. The powers that be are not going to allow for that.

[BADecker]

There is no such thing as "unlimited energy" - see Thermodynamics. 

Free, or close to it, and plentiful energy however could well be a reality.  And yes, if it was plentiful and cheap enough it could solve most of the most important problems in the world.  It couldn't solve the fact that humans will eventually get bored and get ourselves into trouble, but things like hunger, the environment, poverty, clean water ect... yeah, it could.

Here is part of the problem in this forum. And who knows if it is intentional, or if it is accidental?

It might be an absolute fact that energy is limited. But what does that matter? The sun has so much energy that if the whole earth fell into it, there probably wouldn't be a sizable plop.

The point isn't how much energy exists. We can't imagine the amount of energy in the sun. We could NEVER begin to imagine the amount of energy in all the stars combined. The point is, the amount of energy in the whole universe might as well be considered unlimited, because there is so much of it compared to how much we need, even though it may have a limit.

The thing that we are trying to do is tap into a little of it for free. That's all. There's so much there, so, why can't we tap into a little more of it for free? I mean, 100 times all the energy we are going to use in the next 100 years is tiny compared to the energy of the sun. So, what do we need to do to tap into some of this virtually free virtually limitless energy?

[Decksperiment]

Stick a pole with copper wire at one side of a mountain, then stick a pole at the opposite side, run two wires to house, never pay again..

Then again, if you built a house over a river as such that the river flowed UNDER the back door to the front door, then the both sides of the house become your +/- poles..

Climb highest mountain near you with bottle half full of water, wrapped in paper.. stick bottle above head in such a way you can stick finger in bottle.. scrape yourself up from foot of hill and try again.. pmsl..

Njoi!!

[notbatman]

Free energy, yeah it's called sunlight.

[zimmah]

I know this is a science forum and not a forum for conspiracy theorists but I have always been intrigued by the idea of a world where everyone has access to 'free' energy. What impact would it have on the world? Would it solve 99 per cent of all problems?

There will never be "free" energy.  You'll always pay a fee to the power company to maintain the plants and transmissions lines, regardless of what the power itself costs to create.

I think the term you might be looking for is "unlimited" energy?

There's no such thing as unlimited energy either.

I think he is looking for a way to get renewable clean energy.

There is a lot of energy around us, of course the sun provides a lot of energy. The wind and the tides as well, the earth also has a strong electromagnetic field and you can also use gravity (waterfalls for example) or geothermal energy.

There's also a lot of energy (in the form of radiation) basiacally bombarding earth from all directions, there's probably a way to harvest that energy as well, Altough it might me more effective to let a satellite do it, because the atmosphere of earth filters a lot of it out. 

Energy can't be produced out of nothing, but luckily we don't have to, you just have to know where to look.

[jaberwock]

What if something that is impossible to happens turns out to be possible to happen?

What do I gain when I think about such questions?

[Mr Tsoutsounopaiktis]

Of course there is free energy. Magnetism is a form of free energy.

[Bitcoin Magazine]

Of course there is free energy. Magnetism is a form of free energy.

bitcoin is free too.  just mine.  mine == energy

[Stedsm]

Of course there is free energy. Magnetism is a form of free energy.

Harnessing the magnetism into electricity is the tricky part. (without using electro magnets.)

[Mr Tsoutsounopaiktis]

A magnet is a piece of matter that gives energy, requiring no energy input.


Magnetic motor driving electric generator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfWwPN-mTBQ

[iluvbitcoins]

A magnet is a piece of matter that gives energy, requiring no energy input.


Magnetic motor driving electric generator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfWwPN-mTBQ

wind and water don't require us to input energy

still, they aren't free