What do you think will happen if we found a source of free energy?

[massive]

http://www.greenandcarter.com/main/products.htm

this company has been around a long time manufacturing free energy technology . these are amazing to see in person .
there are different small companies that have made these . OLD new york used these all over the place.

electric cars out numbered internal combustion cars in the late 1800s and early 1900s , the technology is not new , just the PR spin makes new and cutting edge

the best thing free energy could do is create a global crash  as opposed to the orchestrated "recession"
the ecomonic system needs total colapse


(google )  recessions have a history of repeating , the general population get hit hard every time.

if theres a REAL genuine crash then the guys at the top are gonna take a REAL genuine permanent hit and holding companies in the caymans , NZ etc , will be worthless

thats the only form of justice that can be served to that minority

[sm0ky2]

I don't think we will see a total crash as a result of free energy.
what we would see is certain companies, or entire industries decline or cease to exist.
at the same time, other companies, and industries will increase in productivity.
new ones will be formed, and the $ will simply redistribute.
Investors will take money from one sector and put it into another.
For instance, if the demand on oil declines, what does that do for the plastic industry?
  plastic becomes cheaper and they can make a lot more of it.

This is one example of "price deflation"
price deflation is not the same as a recession. It is a natural function of the supply and demand system.
Deflating the prices in the economy is actually a good thing, consumers have more expendable income
to place into other areas. The economy as a whole benefits from this.
 
Where-as in a recession, average income drops below the cost of living. (or the cost of living rises to above the average income)
  This DECREASES the expendable income, and every sector of the economy suffers. This is caused by price INFLATION.

While the people in control of the $$ want inflation, in the event of price deflation, rest assured they will protect their investments,
and maneuver their money around into the productive areas of our economy.
Sure, there may be some fat guy in a Saudi Arabian palace that loses his fortune, but all in all, our economy will be just fine.

more industries will benefit from this than will be harmed.

and while I can't argue against the potentially devastating environmental effects of a limitless human culture, I like to hope we will be responsible about it and use some of that free energy to run catalytic converters to clean up the air, and process waste materials in a responsible manner.

I think the whole world will change... there will be less need for greed.
that's not to say there wont be greedy people, or that people will not have any greed at all, but it will decrease when there is an abundance.
when we are not struggling to survive, the greed means less to us, or becomes less important in our lives.

there will always be evil or mal-intended people, we will deal with them the best we can... but overall, I think the shift will be towards a
more peaceful existence, because people will not be deprived, and their individual lives will be less stressful.

also with the increase in technology that will be associated with free energy, will make it harder to do bad things without everyone knowing about it.