Volunteerism vs. Rewards for Space Settlement (Was R

fred
i want to make you a small example of waht i am
talking about
today, in the traditional way, to power a house for,
say 100W, you need a distant power plant, maybe
powered by a dam and turbines or nuclear, miles of
power lines dotting the territory, substation to
transform the power, lines to your house.
An entire costly and unnecesssary infrastructure for
your 100W if you could produce it locally, from free,
clean and renewable sources like sun , wind or
whatever more technology will propose.
This is the entire concept o f decentralisation
and right i carry my battery in my cell phone.
But is still a battery that I must recharge each day
i am talking about a personal power generating system
from renewable sources that walks with you
is very differnt than to carry a battery
Don't you think is better, cheaper and wth greater
benefits for all of us?

> This menas that every energy needed item should be
> capable to generate locally its own energy, if
> possible through renewable sources
> solar , wind, temperature variation could be some of
> the sources
> the technology is still not there but i will not be
> amazed if some years down the road each of us will
> carry on our clothing some energy generating
source...

Giorgio, please look up the concept "economies of
scale". Babelfish says it
translates to "economie di massa" but I have no idea
if that makes any sense.
Pretty much any technology that is efficient at the
small scale is more
efficient at a larger scale, certain chemical
processes aside.

And Giorgio, you DO carry around an electrical
generation source. The
batteries that power your cell phone generate
electricity, in a conversion
from chemical energy.

protection around