In my search for alternative power sources, I have found innumerable projects that actually worked as demonstrated by various pioneers. Yet people have adopted none of them. I have come to the conclusion the reason being all of these projects required more effort than opening the wallet and extracting some paper money or writing a check. It would appear people are basically lazy and despite complaining of high oil prices they do nothing to build a workable alternative.
Evidently oil is not expensive enough to encourage people to seek alternatives.
Among my findings is an inventor scientist called Jean Pain. Look here:
The concept is not overly complicated and to some extent scalable. In cold northern climates there will be a lower size limit below which extremely cold temperatures over whelm the system.
Although the original system used mostly wood chips, any decomposable biomass will work in a similar manner. In many parts of the world growing plants poses a nuisance that requires extensive weeding and effort to get rid of. In this area at least landfill sites have learned to separate out biomass for composting. Why not take the concept one step further? Jean Pain demonstrated how he could even generate methane for fuel using his process. This concept will work best in a farm ranch or agricultural plantation where continual weeding and plant pruning is a necessary part of the operation. Instead of simply piling the waste biomass in a corner put it to work.
We already know there is not going to be a silver bullet that can replace every possible instance of oil consumption. So why continue looking with a single-minded intensity.
Instead we should spend some time implementing those ideas and concepts that have already shown to be effective. Some ideas will only work is specific geographic locales. . That is okay. At least in those locales independence from oil consumption is that much closer to reality.
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