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[e2matrix]

The US has said they will be the worlds largest oil producer by 2020. They plan to do this through fracking and horizontal drilling, both are heavy polluters to water ways and underground streams.

I now have some huge fears that quenco will just be snuffed out like some dust mite in the midst of this.

Yes I saw that article also about the US becoming the largest oil producer.  I agree it's a big concern.  We need to do all we can to help Quenco become a mainstream energy source.   I want to believe Phil has a handle on all this but until I see it readily available I will not rest easy. 

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Some more info from http://www.sciencenewsline.com/ about using heat to power lasers via quantum tunneling.

In their work, recently published in Physical Review Letters, the two physicists propose the theory that the heating effect in quantum cascade lasers could not only be avoided but, in fact, reversed through a cleverly-devised modification of the thickness of the semiconductor layers. "A crucial part is to spatially separate the cold and warm areas in the laser," explains Kathrin Sandner. "In such a temperature gradient driven laser, electrons are thermally excited in the warm area and then tunnel into the cooler area where photons are emitted." This produces a circuit where light particles are emitted and heat is absorbed from the system simultaneously. "Between the consecutive emissions of light particles a phonon is absorbed and the laser is cooled. When we develop this idea further, we see that the presence of phonons may be sufficient to provide the energy for laser amplification," says Kathrin Sandner. Such a laser could be powered without using electric current.

So my take on this is that by emitting photons the cool side remains cool and if the laser/maser energy could efficiently be converted into electricity then maybe a heat pump with a COP of at least three could heat a device enough to make more electricity than the heat pump requires just by cooling what ever.

[mikestocks2006]

Some more info from http://www.sciencenewsline.com/ about using heat to power lasers via quantum tunneling.

In their work, recently published in Physical Review Letters, the two physicists propose the theory that the heating effect in quantum cascade lasers could not only be avoided but, in fact, reversed through a cleverly-devised modification of the thickness of the semiconductor layers. "A crucial part is to spatially separate the cold and warm areas in the laser," explains Kathrin Sandner. "In such a temperature gradient driven laser, electrons are thermally excited in the warm area and then tunnel into the cooler area where photons are emitted." This produces a circuit where light particles are emitted and heat is absorbed from the system simultaneously. "Between the consecutive emissions of light particles a phonon is absorbed and the laser is cooled. When we develop this idea further, we see that the presence of phonons may be sufficient to provide the energy for laser amplification," says Kathrin Sandner. Such a laser could be powered without using electric current.

So my take on this is that by emitting photons the cool side remains cool and if the laser/maser energy could efficiently be converted into electricity then maybe a heat pump with a COP of at least three could heat a device enough to make more electricity than the heat pump requires just by cooling what ever.

Speaking of lasers, is it related to this?

"This leads to a theoretical coefficient of performance (COP) of up to 700%. A COP = 200% can be easily achieved..."

Self powered laser pistol revolutionizes warfare
Five years ago, Dr. Victor Klimov at Los Alamos National Laboratory produced a permanent solution to the world's energy crisis.  This work is printed in leading physics journals of the world and was validated by two US National Labs: LANL and NREL.  It is scientific fact so look it up before you disrespect in the comments below.
Nanocrystalline power is what we're talking about here folks.  The solution to the world's energy crisis lies in tiny nanoycrystalline solar cells which can absorb the light of a specific wave length in such a way that one photon input to a solar cell can energize more than one output electron.  When the output electron absorbs a photon, it disappears for a short amount of time into the quantum field.  Once in the virtual state, the electron can borrow energy from the vacuum and then appears in our reality.  After this the highly excited electron (with all its excess energy taken freely from the active virtual state vacuum) can energize up to 7 output electrons.
This leads to a theoretical coefficient of performance (COP) of up to 700%. A COP = 200% can be easily achieved and it has been, as have been higher values. The experiment has also been replicated successfully and validated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden Colorado. [Herb Brody, "Solar Power - Seriously Souped Up." New Scientist, May 27, 2006, p 45].

http://nerdtrek.com/self-powered-laser-pistol-revolutionizes-warfare/

[lancaIV]

C.O.P.:  7x ! 

http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=6&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19931012&CC=US&NR=5252176A&KC=A 

Sincerely
                 CdL

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                        @mikestocks2006Interesting but different, Kathrin Sandner and Helmut Ritsch have come up with an idea to turn the energy supplied by hot tunneling electrons into a Laser and I speculated if a Laser why not a Maser which would at least double the electricity that could be produced which is about 40% for light.

No vacuum energy needed.