As important as artificial intelligence is in the current global landscape, there will always be a need for power production. As I taught myself about artificial intelligence in college, I was encouraged to pivot to looking into energy production. During that time, I realized that there were several different methods that could be used that currently weren't. My journey with learning AI went hand-in-hand with learning about power generation, so I studied both and found incredible answers to both.
Despite there being plenty of existing sources of alternative energy, there are several new forms of energy production that I'm currently in the process of independently researching and developing right now before looking to obtain licensing to bring those products to market.
As I look to obtain protection for certain inventions and fortify the plausibility and legal ramifications of others, I would like to generally cover some of those power sources that I feel would have success with actually being able to bring to the market over my lifetime.
This is something that has been done many times before. Condensed solar power generates electricity very similarly to a fossil fuel power stations but with the caveat of that heat energy being able to be misdirected in a very dangerous manner that often makes it not a feasible option. The unit I designed operates on a level and with such safety where one of the generator units could provide enough electricity to power several homes and even operate on a cloudy day. I think this design luckily has less legal regulations around it. I am looking to see if I can have everything lined up for people to start placing orders by the end of 2026 if not into early 2027. It has a pretty decent power output.
Given that I am able to successfully obtain licensing to do this through the nuclear comission, there are several prototypes for photovoltaic batteries that I've been looking into developing along with their semiconductive components to optimize the power generated from the low levels of alpha radiation.
Given that alpha radiation is negligible and cannot puncture or embed itself in the skin, it is a safe alternative for nuclear power generation in these kinds of setups, arguably making it a safe source of alternative energy.
I would personally love to bring this to the market by 2035, but there is a lot of legal paperwork that would have to be done in order to make that possible.
In addendum to the work being done with betavoltaic batteries, I've learned that there may be organic properties and materials that could lead to efficient yet biodegradable batteries that wouldn't pose any environmental harm after their use, but this is still an area of research for me right now. I personally think it's very much a possibility going into the years 2050 and 2060. We have some catching up before that kind of teachnology becomes available on the market. It is promising in multiple facets. Perhaps we could recycle octane and other hydrocarbons for use in other applications for power generation. The future is bright and it is an exciting possibility that might one day become a feasible reality, but it is a long time from now. I'll see if I can wrap my head around it before then. I seem to always manage.
This is another licensing, permission to use private property, and/or grey legal area that I'm gonna want to be really really careful with. Basically, when I was 20, I figured out that you could technically take salt out of water while producing electricity, which has already been done before but I, independent of that information at that time, decided to create my own version of it that was very different for current desalination plants. It was put together in such a way that it optimized the system's power output while also producing clean drinking water as the inevitable byproduct.
It was an incredibly complex yet simple system, but this is more of an actual plant design I'd look to get a government contract to build than something I reallt see ever being in a person's home although I could probably figure out how to do that too.
I won't go into too much detail with this one. There's a lot going on with it. but I could easily put that together if I had the contract. It's just a really odd way to do it, but it does works.