Main/HomePage There is no energy crisis, only a crisis of ignorance. -- Buckminster Fuller
Mankind doesn't have to burn fossil fuel for electrical power any more.
Thanks to the Diode Array, a chip which absorbs ambient heat and produces electrical power. This technology can greatly improve the lot of mankind.
The promise is that the Diode Array will produce abundant, autonomous, cheap, clean, compact, reliable, safe, and quiet energy. Furthermore, refrigeration will become an electrical power asset instead of expense.
The ability to fabricate this device is emerging gradually. Few engineers and physicists believe that heat can be absorbtively converted unto electrical power. In 1993 a feasibility investigation prototype yielded ~50 nanowatts which is above the scientific criteria of ~2 nanowatts.
The scientists' protocol is for other researchers to independently investigate Diode Arrays and report their results. Micrometer scale Diode Arrays are available elsewhere. If a useful effect can be reliably created, commercial protocols apply.
DiodeArrayResearch wishes to bring this invention to the world in native mode. This means no secrecy, unimpeded shared enthusiasm, production costs pushed down with experience, extensive automation, manufacturers both cooperating and competing, and indirect philanthropy by leaving it, as cost savings, to the consumers. When a cheap high volume process is developed, many basic tools will be manufactured to supply people's basic needs. Small networks will pool the power for larger uses in communities and release surplus electricity from warm climates for consumption in cold climates.
The chips are naturally long lived so they can become obsolescent but not obsolete or worn out.
Aloha, Charlie