A little something to think about..... What if electricity had never been used?

What if we didn’t have/use electricity? What could we use instead? I don’t mean if the power goes out, I mean what if we (as in western society or as a planet) had never used electricity.

 

Let’s not change the parameters of how we live, we still need communication, housing, lights, heat, comfort, machines, food production but how would we get it and what would look different.

How about Brownian motion? It’s everywhere, even in objects that seem to be solid and unmoving. So with some sort of amplifier – I imagine looking like the base of a walk around phone for all the equipment that is plugged in now. Your computer would have a base to amplify the motion of the floor/carpet/desk and that would power it. You could put anything down anywhere and have it work. Overhead lighting would have an amplifier that would attach to the ceiling and take power from the building itself.

So no power lines, no wires or plugs for electrical current. There would be no hydro lines, hydro sub stations, or coal burning power stations. Wouldn’t need nuclear or LNG as well. There would be no power grid. If there was an earthquake you would have to move devices around or set them back up on their bases again and you’d be up and running.

 As technology improved the amplifiers would become smaller and smaller so eventually a table lamp would look just like they look now. You would lay your cell phone on your desk and it would recharge as it lay there.

Cars may be different, probably have an amplifier that moved up and down automatically, so when you were at a stop sign or parked, the amp would descend and touch the ground and recharge. Eventually the amp would be in the tires. You might still need some kind of fuel, maybe gas/diesel, but all the electrical would be Brownian. I don’t know enough about engines to guess if fuel would be necessary at all – perhaps all of the vehicle would run on the amplifier and not other input necessary. Maybe the car would not go as fast or accelerate as quickly but in reality, a car or truck that can go 50 miles per hour (80 kph) can get things done. Its fun to drive fast but isn’t really necessary.

Perhaps some train like device would move most of the cargo that is now transported around by trucks & trailers. A train on rails would be in constant contact with the earth so may even be able to collect more energy.

 Fun to think about – rather stretches the mind in new ways.

Enjoy!

Jaki