I to this day remember how I revolted against my German born grandfather that told me, "Son I have been there, I have made the mistakes, maybe not all, but enough to help you get a good footing in life with little danger and a possible good ending".
God! how I hated hearing that. I was young and did deeply believe that youth had the answers and the old ways were of little meaning in my day and age. So wrong was I. Comparing Gates to the energy industry is folly at best, it has no meaning, like is an Apple an Orange? I no longer let myself tangle in long debates, not that much has changed over the last 150 years. Okay, great technology, great standard of living, great medical care and so on, BUT! gentleman my mind sees that a fully 90% of what we have today came from the 1800's, we only refined the ideas and build the means to implement what was then conceived. Today's discoveries pale in respect to the foundation on which we have built. Hard to take?, maybe for some, but those with a open view will agree, at least in mind yet not in print. What OU (hate this acronym) or FE (hate this to) device is indeed out there that in any way can even hope to put the smallest of dents in the energy industry as it exist today? Really, what? MIB's or no MIB's, you are NOT going to be allowed to introduce ANY new source of energy to replace the current, (unless you allow for another 100 years for its phase in). PLEASE see the basics, "NEW 1sq meter device produces 100kWhr with no fuel required". So what do we do with the energy service industry?, the production, support and scientific staff now employed by the existing infrastructure? Do we all chip in and put them on ware fare? I am going far to far here, but a little thought on the chain reaction says it will not happen even if it should.
