Energy / fuel solutions – brainstorming possibilities -
08-05-08 Cricket Diane C Phillips

We need a fuel that works which is from common, non-toxic, abundant resources that will work in existing vehicles, if retrofitted some way (for less than $1500 each.)

The fuel resource must have specific characteristics that could be harnessed for electric, mechanical or direct power / propulsion or possibly for combustion.

What is plentiful and abundant -

sunlight
light waves
sound waves
red mud – (iron oxides)
sand
dirt
certain salts
sea water
mulch
landfill / garbage
concrete
atomic energy
algae, pond scum
moss
seaweed (China’s coastal cleanup and others)
kudzu
cogon grass
chaparral
wind
ocean movements
temperature changes
pressure changes
gravity
electromagnetism
earth spin
vacuum pressure
certain mechanical forces
air
polluted air
CO2 and Carbon monoxide
other exotic airbourne chemicals
paper and wood pulp
clay bodies / ceramics
ash
ash by-products
manufacturing pollutants / by-products
mold and mildew
heat
steam
naturally occurring forces
naturally occurring motion – like falling water
heated air rises and falls when it cools
nanocarbon tubes
nanoparticles and their unique behaviors
friction
kinetic and potential motion
elasticity
potential energy inherent in materials and certain mechanisms
manure
bat guano
cow manure
O3 manufacture
ionization
lightning
plus to minus energy change
plasma (physics)
alcohol
vegetable oil
light spectrum elements
lasers
fiber optics
plastics
plastic milk jugs
glass
methane
acetone
acetate
plastic chips from recycled products and packaging
aluminum from recycled products
some chemical cocktails & combinations
urea and ammonia
coal
charcoal
gyroscopic energy
electricity
unique properties of things
phosphates
phosphorous
soap and soap by-products

If I had to power a vehicle right now because all gasoline stopped and was unavailable – what would I use? Not including alcohol, what else is there?

I would harvest kudzu and make it into wine for its alcohol content to fuel an existing vehicle system. But, if I were to create the vehicle from scratch – I would create propulsion from another use of energy as its system.

Airbourne dust particles –> through plasma field, pull in air – push out air, blasting dust particles with electric arc to heat degrading food stuffs creating methane – to ignite methane stream? To push pistons or to force channel of thrust?

** A cup of water (basic clean water, not heavy water) could power all the vehicles in the world. There is more than enough energy in one cup of water to power all the vehicles in the world today (and maybe for the next ten years.)

Written and created by Cricket Diane C Phillips, August 5, 2008, USA