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Alternative Fuels
Topic Started: Dec 8 2016, 11:54 PM (41 Views)
Aran
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As suggested by Kurt in his recent press conference following the global blackout. The Bokonist Empire is working on a wide range of fuels sources to be used to replace all dependency on fossil fuels. While most are eventually going to made public and sold for the average consumers use. Some sources are top secret as they have the capacity to be weaponized if the research fell into the wrong hands.
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Aran
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Initial testing was conducted on the more conventional eco-friendly or "green" fuel sources. And as testing from centuries ago had concluded, most were limited by either the scale at which the needed to be implemented, or the cost. The most promising of alternatives were as follows:

Solar- scale prohibitive, but could quickly be made cost-effective with further research.
Hydro-electric- reliable and continuous, has a significant impact on the surrounding environment.
Wind- scale prohibitive, interferes with bird migration, costly to maintain.
Natural gas- cheap to collect and readily available, costly and potentially dangerous to transport.
Biodiesel/Bioalchol- diverts agricultural resources into fuel consumption, potentially raises agricultural pollution.
Hydrogen- readily available and energy efficient, dangerous to transport and store
Ammonia (NH3)- zero emmisons, cheap, readily manufactured.
Formic acid- cheap, readily available, safer to store and transport than Hydrogen.
Nuclear- initially cost prohibitive, potentially catastrophic if not properly maintained, thermal pollution in nearby water sources, disposal of radioactive materials.

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Apocalypse Grade Fuel: The distinction between energy source and weapon is nearly non-existing, any error or misuse is potentially catastrophic. Results may vary in effected organisms (organic vs synthetic vs mechanical) as well as scale (immediate vicinity vs planetary.)

Graviton Control: Isolation, identification, and control of this theoretical elementary particle could promt widespread acceleration in construction and travel. The ability to determine gravitational force is theoretically possible if scientists can confidently and reliably manipulate this particle. A few have claimed to have recorded the particle in controlled environments but their experiments have not been replicated.

Nuclear fusion: The inevitable goal of nuclear power, essentially creating a minute star that completely fuses two atomic nuclei into a new element. The already hazardous circumstances of more conventional nuclear programs is only amplified in this method and would be a tragedy should the source ever be mishandled.

Anti-matter: Another page from theoretical science, while small isolated events of containing anti-matter have been conducted and peer reviewed. The up-scaling of this source is exponentially apocalyptic, when anti-matter comes into contact with matter it releases pure energy, it is by far the most efficient and powerful way of generating energy in the known universe. Harvesting and directing that energy into usable outlets is the main obstacle to its implication.
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