Which green new energy has the greatest potential for humanity? Assume that electric battery storage is infinite?

[DrPepper12]

I didn't include nuclear. My reason being that it's not really natural as much as I support nuclear energy 100%. I also think by early 2100s room temperature super conductivity will be a reality on the grid so heat loss through electrical transmission will be solved.

Anyway, all have their pros and cons. I think tidal & geothermal have REALLY big potential. My local utility is subsidizing under ground heat pump installation and some municipalities are experimenting with tidal generation; there is so much unused water front property that it just makes sense.

In many cases, a combination of these innovations is energy neutral like using solar to lift mass for a gravity battery to run at night.

Fun fact: ONE space elevator with a gravity generator & a large (were talking hundreds of sq km) solar power array can generate enough power for entire 1st world nations.

Solar

Wind

Geothermal

Tidal

Biomass / organic waste

Hydroelectric

Gravity generators

[DJB72]

Hydrogen fuel cells. No CO² issues. Only byproduct of burning hydrogen is water - which you can use electrolysis to produce more hydrogen for fuel.

I read that BMW are considering dropping electric motors in favour of better development of hydrogen tech.

[Likes2drive]

Geothermal since solar panels takes so much mining and pollution to make

[combative]

There's nothing new about most of those ideas. Windmills and watermills have been around for over a thousand years. Geothermal baths have also been around for a very long time. Biomass energy is as old as time... Maybe you've heard of fireplaces that burn logs... Solar cells have been around since the 1800s. Counter weight elevator systems that utilized gravity for energy have also been around for roughly 1000 years.

[combative]

Very progressive of you to try to move humanity back to feudal times.

[DrPepper12]

Do you have a reading comprehension problem? I asked WHICH has the greatest potential. It's a comparative question.

[combative]

It's not like I can't quote you... "Which green NEW energy"... What a dipshit! You really are stupid to think you can blatantly lie and we can't just point it out.

[BonzoInBitburg]

Great question. I would like to see greener batteries or the elimination of batteries. Mining for minerals for these batteries is destroying land around the world and disposal of these batteries is still a problem.

[FunkyMonkee]

Zero point energy (taking energy righ6t out of the air! The energy in a space the size of a coffee cup could boil away all the oceans of the world! And Seth Meyers' car that runs on water. The run-off from it is steam! If you collect that steam and let it tern back into water, you can put it right back into the tank! 1 tankful would probably last you a couple weeks or better!!
This tech would solve all our energy problems instantly and there'd BE no more starvation!!

[exitseven]

Hydro electric is probably most reliable and cost effective way to generate electricity. The problem is that it is limited to only a small number of places.

[Anonymous]

Hydrogen. JCB just launched their Hydrogen combustion engine.

[DrPepper12]

I was gonna put that but thought it wasn't quite ready for prime time. TY!

[NathanDavis]

nukeleer...

[jshm2]

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