This question feels like someone is jumping to the second step without completing the first step. Given, it's an interesting "thought experiment," I think most of us are focused on the first step. i.e. creating a "free energy device." I don't like to tackle a problem like this because it has too many undefined variables, but here's an attempt.
The real answer is that we're not really sure what to do if we achieve our energy goals. Some of us have vague ideas how to carry out our discoveries, but for the most part, people are focused on the task at hand; producing efficient electrical energy from any means possible. From my perspective, as an open source engineer, I would release the information to every news outlet possible, including reproducible experiments. I would use all available media to communicate my discovery. Nothing less would do.
With that said, I know too much about human behavior to think that others would do the same. Some will, some won't, including members of this forum. We can use mathematics to predict what will happen, but really, really we can't predict what any of us would do with the technology.
What makes you pose this question to the forum? I would like to know. Maybe you just need a little inspiration to continue. I know I do every once in a while. Oh, and I also have several "energy devices"/"electric art" sitting around in my shop.
What would you do if you had the technology?
The real answer is that we're not really sure what to do if we achieve our energy goals. Some of us have vague ideas how to carry out our discoveries, but for the most part, people are focused on the task at hand; producing efficient electrical energy from any means possible. From my perspective, as an open source engineer, I would release the information to every news outlet possible, including reproducible experiments. I would use all available media to communicate my discovery. Nothing less would do.
With that said, I know too much about human behavior to think that others would do the same. Some will, some won't, including members of this forum. We can use mathematics to predict what will happen, but really, really we can't predict what any of us would do with the technology.
What makes you pose this question to the forum? I would like to know. Maybe you just need a little inspiration to continue. I know I do every once in a while. Oh, and I also have several "energy devices"/"electric art" sitting around in my shop.
What would you do if you had the technology?