I have an idea which I believe could produce unlimited energy,

>>8024257
>I have an idea which I believe could produce unlimited energy, /sci/.
Ya blew it

>>8024257
>unlimited
The core doesn't contain infinite energy. Basically you're proposing artificial geothermal vents.

>>8024257
there are already geothermal power plants. Your proposal is "build a geothermal power plant next to the ocean," which has also already been done.

>>8024259
>>8024262

consider the following, the water from the ocean is the only limiting factor here, the earth isnt gonna cool down, and ocean water will continue to flow into the pipe

the energy would be virtually unlimited for our uses

I am not proposing using this energy to go to the fucking sun

>>8024267
>the water from the ocean is the only limiting factor here
there are serious environmental concerns with just pumping seawater into a boiler. Where is your wastewater dumped? If you just pour it back into the ocean, you could create an enormous dead zone with the waste heat alone.

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>>8024269
wont be any wastewater, all the water that flows down the pipe will turn to steam and flow up to the turbine

here I made a clearer picture, the pipe would be supported with cross bearings or whatever the fuck thats called

how do i copyright this

>>8024295
Geothermal plants exist. There are very few locations where the heated mantle of the earth is accessible. The deepest hole ever drilled is nowhere near the average thickness of Earth's crust. Sustainable power sources will always be location-based.

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>earthquake
>generator destroyed forever

>try to expand size of turbine shaft
>find out the pressure the earth exerts on it prevents you from widening it
>you spend a shitload of money and time building a power plant less efficient than a coal plant

>mfw

>>8024295
>what is flora
>what is fauna

>>8024334
literally the stupidest fucking issue you could think of

what if there was a filter, you dont think this would solve the problem?

>>8024257
literally no op

>>8024351
literally why
give me a reason

it'll work goddammit you are just jealous you didnt think of this

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>>8024355
it's not that your idea is shit
it's just that it's a worse idea than anything else you could have thought of

>>8024361
you have 0 constructive criticism. i bet you are masturbating to my drawings right now, thinking about how much energy they could produce

just fantasizing about how much better the world could be with my ideas

>>8024355
>you are just jealous you didnt think of this
no you fucking- oh wait this is bait

>>8024823
>>8024377
yeah youre not even vaguely serious about this

>>8024295
>tell everyone your idea
>how do i copyright this
wew lad

>>8024823
>>8024826
how the fuck is this bait? this idea really could work.

the water flows down the pipe, till it reaches a place inside the earth hot enough to turn the water to steam, which rises and turns a turbine up above

the only things which limits this machine would be the rate the water flows down the pipe, because the source (the ocean) is virtually unlimited

and I suppose the rate at which the water could also turn to steam, which wouldnt be a problem

>>8024828
it's not about the money for me. I just want to see the world be a better place for everyone, that's all. If my ideas can help the world, that's enough for me.

>>8024257
Yes, that could work.

The biggest problem is actually the fact you don't get much energy from it. Sure, it'd be plenty of energy for you and I, but the rest of humanity is fucking energy hungry bastards that don't give a shit if their 52" TV and 1200watt PC is left on 24/7 in their under-insulated house.

>>8024351
>>8024823
There's nothing conceptually wrong with OP's idea (aside from the free energy claims) It's just a geothermal plant. However as with all plants they aren't widespread because the mantle is very hard to access.

>>8024295
Too late already taken idea on way to patent office now. Sorry slowbro :^)

>>8024257
Why do you think this would be better than just building some more wind turbines or some other modern power plant OP?

Your idea is 'might' be technically sound but not useful in any sense.

>>8025553
>free energy

ok, what I mean by unlimited energy is, the water from the ocean will never, ever stop flowing down the pipe. wont it generate energy that is virtually unlimited? perhaps thats the wrong word but you get what i mean

its not limited by wind only being sometimes, and at variable speeds, its not limited by sunlight only being for half the day, and being able to be covered by clouds.

and can you explain what you mean by the mantle is hard to access? once you put down the foundations of the pipe far enough down to boil the water, you dont need to access it again, right?

>>8025564
>wind turbines or some other modern power plant OP?
because those are variable, wind isnt a constant like the water in the ocean

this idea could create a lot more energy, because the pipe doesnt have to be on land, we could create a lot more of these pipes, they dont really disrupt ecosystems like wind turbines or whatever

>>8025590
>this idea could create a lot more energy

That's where the problem comes from, it actually doesn't. Your idea is just a less efficient geothermal power plant that requires an incredible investment and possibly even engineering techniques that don't exist to produce a very ordinary amount of power.

A variable power supply is not ideal but it's not unworkable. Storage and powerplants with variable output exist and are plenty viable.

You would transport thermal energy out of earth and turn it into electrical energy.
You would just cool down the earth and probably fuck us all up because the iron core of earth would stop spinning and creating a magnetic field.
OP, your idea does not make sense in the long run

>>8024257
I can think of one practical problem: the geology, specifically the depth of hot rocks.

In geologically stable areas you have to go very, very deep before you can raise steam in commercially reasonable amounts. And we are takling multi megawatts here. The cost of such drilling would be huge.

In areas where you do not need to go so deeply the rock formations tend to be unstable do the tube would be sheared off after a while, literally cutting off the heat flow.

>>8025631
You also believe that it is the singing from dolphins that create the ozone layer, right?

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in theory this would work, but the construction of a pipe big and deep enough to get any kind of reaction would cost way more money than the value of the energy that would come out of it, steam was never a good fuel source

>>8025631
lmao

>>8024257
what about all the salt and minerals that would build up?
what about all the biofouling?
what about all the corrosion?
what would you do if a pipe cracked?
How would you ensure all your steam made it up to turn the turbines? couldn't it just condense back down so you just have a really hot and salty well?

there are a number of reason why this wouldn't work

>>8025778
All those problems are solved in a ton of other unrelated technologies, they should be easily solved in something like this.

The problem is the amount of power you can get from this and its distribution. Same as with anything else really. Not only that, but this very thing has already been done. And, guess what? It actually causes seismic activity to increase in the area.

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>>8024257
what about this

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http://clui.org/ludb/site/salton-sea-geothermal-plants

Been done. Hope it doesn't become popular, it causes earthquakes just like fracking does.

There are cables created out there that transmit heat through them almost instaneously similar to fibre optics, projects have been conceptualized to put one end of these extremely long cables into the core of the earth, and the other into the geothermal plants

>>8024295
Whhat about the salts

>>8025856
>Been done. Hope it doesn't become popular, it causes earthquakes just like fracking does.

Oh damn, at least this validates my idea I guess

Why does this cause earthquakes, why does fracking cause earthquakes?

Is it the very act of drilling into the Earth's mantle that causes earthquakes?

>>8025907
>Why does hydraulically fracturing the crust of the earth cause earthquakes
I dunno man.

>>8025840
It already exists.

>>8025830
>are solved
Not really, we just have temporary bandaids for them.

>>8025778
you sound like you are knowledgeable in this subject, do you design power plants or something

>>8025590
>a lot of power
>no math to support
You are not aware of many discouraging points, and our greatest target for energy is the sun. Read Michio Kaku, it's accessible for you

>>8024257
Would sticking a power plant over the top of an undersea vent be easier? How long do those vents last?

>>8025933
No, I just used intuition and basic knowledge of some of the inherent problems associated with seawater and ya know just actually thinking

>>8026137
i dont know senpai biofouling is a pretty big word for a layman

>>8026142
please see
>basic knowledge of some of the inherent problems associated with seawater
in >>8026137
this would include knowledge of biofouling
please use your brain