With the deprecation of carbon-based fuels, ideas for alternative sources of energy proliferate. Some are in general use. Of the other suggestions, some have virtue, but some fall short because the cost of their implementation is out of all proportion to their potential yield. ‘Guesstimation’ is applied to some examples, using very rough figures gleaned from the internet.

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Power, Energy and Perpetual Motion

  • John Billingsley

摘要

With the deprecation of carbon-based fuels, ideas for alternative sources of energy proliferate. Some are in general use. Of the other suggestions, some have virtue, but some fall short because the cost of their implementation is out of all proportion to their potential yield. ‘Guesstimation’ is applied to some examples, using very rough figures gleaned from the internet.