From: Max M (maxmcorp@worldonline.dk)
Date: Sat Feb 01 2003 - 05:04:59 MST
Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> This throws in the Luddites with those people who *do* understand.
> The idea behind hydrogen as an intermediate fuel is to go from a
> large number of small poluters to a small number of large poluters
> that can be turned into not quite so large poluters or even
> non-poluters.
I don't think that is the biggest advantage of a H based economy.
With oil we are dependent on getting it out of the ground in those few
locations where it is. And there is a limited amount. Thus there is
limited growth.
What is special about H is that it can be generated practically
everywhere. The availability is only limited by human imagination! And
as >H's it should be obvious what that means. The possibility for
exponential growth in enviromentally neutral energy.
With the added side effect that we can gain independence if political
dangerous regions.
If we have a H economy it opens up all kinds of entrepeneural
oportunities. It is trivially easy to generate H, even in the poorest of
countries. Storage, use and handling is currently difficult.
But what would be really important would be the effetc of a large market
for H energy. If it is a big part of the economy, and the availability
is only limited by human imagination, we should soon se all sorts of new
ideas pop up. And development should speed up.
Somebody who made it 10% more efficient to generate H would not make a
lot of money on it these days, but with H powered cars and home fuel
cells he would make a killing.
A H powered economy has the potential for imense wealth, while an oil
powered economy is slowly but shurely grinding towards a lack of resources.
Besides, if we get advanced nanotech, the only real currency will
probably be energy.
-- hilsen/regards Max M Rasmussen, Denmark http://www.futureport.dk/ Fremtiden, videnskab, skeptiscisme og transhumanisme
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