Solving the world’s energy problems
I know the title sounds boring, but just listen up, and tell me what you think.
We’ll build the WWWoE - World Wide Web of Energy. The WWWoE would be a worldwide network of energy transfer. This is how it would work:
1. Anyone would be able to connect to the WWWoE through a service provider.
2. You’d be able to consume energy, as well as supply energy to the WWWoE. You get paid for the energy you supply, while you have to pay for the electricity you consume.
3. Electricity generated by any mode can be supplied to WWWoE. It could be solar energy, wind, or a nuclear power plant.
4. The network stretches across continents.
Lets look at the reasons why this will be successful:
1. Highly distributed - You use solar power from the other side of the globe at night, or when it is cloudy
2. Highly distributed - If the neighbourhood power plant shuts down, you still get electricity
3. Highly distributed - regions with surplus energy can sell it off to make money
4. Scalable - Anyone ranging from an individual to a government can participate - every solar panel / windmill / generator / power plant counts
5. Economically attractive - Opens up a clean new way for folks owning farmland to produce electricity and sell it off
6. Guarantee of Service - Country A cannot put country B into darkness because the system is so distributed.
In short, we’re looking at an analogy of the internet. One big issue I can think of is energy losses while tranferring it from one continent to another. How is the superconductor research coming along?
