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Re:Paper on Ni-H Fusion by Focardi by terhechte on Monday October 31, 2011 @09:23AM (#3177265)
I'm kinda always falling for free energy stories because they appeal to my hopes. Rationally, I know it doesn't work and my brain keeps telling me it's a scam. In my gut, however, I dream of a world where free energy reigns and we don't have to burn fossil fuel en masse just to keep society afloat.

However, lately I wondered: Would free energy really be a good thing? If there's limitless energy for everybody, wouldnt it be even easier for a lunatic - or a government run by lunatics - to run amok. Economically and Ecologically, it would be terrific. But I wonder if we, as a species, are already adolescent enough to be given such power.

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Re:Paper on Ni-H Fusion by Focardi by wladimir on Monday October 31, 2011 @09:54AM (#3177353)
Free energy appeals to the dream to keep up the historic trend of human expansion, using more and more energy. It could prevent a lot of struggles in this century.

However I somehow feel it isn't going to be this easy.

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Re:Paper on Ni-H Fusion by Focardi by jeffreymcmanus on Monday October 31, 2011 @11:12AM (#3177619)
It's already easy enough for lunatics to blow stuff up. The barrier to entry isn't cost of energy.
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