Before we examine the chemical potential I think it would help to understand and link the technological possibilities we already understand.
My personal example is the hhop hybrid, this has the potential to store gravitational potential in the form of a raised mass and also produce a gas to liquid flame combustion, radiating heat.
If we imagine we are trying to raise 1 liter of water through 20 meters, the equivalent of 30 psi of pressure, or 2 bar of pressure, or 2 atmospheres of pressure, we can store pressure in a gravitational battery.
We could also charge an accumulator with the same pressure spring potential and not have to raise it 20m!
As the pressure in the hho gas reservoir of the hybrid approaches atmospheric pressure equilisation it's output will decrease, and the flame will go out. A spark on this gas in the chamber will produce a pressure wave absorbed by the reservoir solid wall, a large heat energy, and a resultant relative vacuum to atmosphere. Why it's a hybrid.. it can still draw water and preheat water with the heat energy losses for use as an input to another system.
The hho flame can be used as the pilot light on the RC refrigerator, which means a solar panel could run your refrigeration and store water pressure for running a Dosatron to pump nutrients to your food supply. A second solar panel system could run your hydroponic lighting direct.
We should do all of this now, before the experimental stuff, because of this:
Bug Splatter On Your Car's Windshield Is A Treasure Trove Of Genomic Biodiversityhttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/10/091008172001.htmDate: October 10, 2009
If you have ever taken a long road trip, the windshield of your car will inevitably be splattered with bugs by the time you arrive at your destination.
Study links insecticide use to invertebrate die-offs https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/may/01/study-links-insecticide-invertebrate-die-offWednesday 1 May 2013 22.00 BST
The world's most widely used insecticide is devastating dragonflies, snails and other water-based species, a groundbreaking Dutch study has revealed.
On Monday, the insecticide and two others were banned for two years from use on some crops across the European Union, due to the risk posed to bees and other pollinators, on which many food crops rely.
However, much tougher action in the form of a total worldwide ban is needed, according to the scientist who led the new study.
Where have all the insects gone?http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/05/where-have-all-insects-goneMay. 10, 2017 , 9:00 AM
Entomologists call it the windshield phenomenon. "If you talk to people, they have a gut feeling. They remember how insects used to smash on your windscreen," says Wolfgang Wägele, director of the Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity in Bonn, Germany. Today, drivers spend less time scraping and scrubbing. "I'm a very data-driven person," says Scott Black, executive director of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation in Portland, Oregon. "But it is a visceral reaction when you realize you don't see that mess anymore."
We have the ability to provide for ourselves a system using known technology and solar energy input to feed ourselves. A dedicated team could have a prototype up and growing food in 3 months, maybe less.
If we do nothing in 3 - 5 years there is the potential for crop failure through lack of pollinators to place such an inflation pressure on staple food price, that mass civil unrest could result. This would ultimately spiral out of control into anarchy through starvation.. would be nice to have a cheap proven reliable mass producible option as a backup strategy..
This technology is also perfectly compatible with space habitation in a 1g air atmosphere environment.
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