If the transition to free energy technology is not well managed, free energy technology could have disastrous effects on national security of a number of nations. Free energy technology has the potential to cause a big drop in crude oil prices.
A big drop in crude oil prices would result in a big drop in Russian income from crude oil sales. Much of Russian income comes from crude oil sales, and a lot of their income comes from sales of military equipment to crude oil producing nations. A big drop in crude oil prices would cause a big drop in the amount of military equipment crude oil producing nations could afford to buy, resulting in a big drop in Russian income from military equipment sales. A big drop in crude oil prices might result in a communist take-over in Russia.
A big drop in crude oil prices could cause the overthrow of governments in some nations, especially nations like Saudi Arabia where religious radicals would like to take over. Many of the social programs to help the poor in Mexico would have to be reduced in size or eliminated if revenues from crude oil sales go way down. A big drop in crude oil prices might result in a communist take-over in Venezuela.
A big drop in crude oil prices could cause widespread unemployment in the United States and Canada. Because of big layoffs in the oil industry, the buying power would not be there to maintain economic prosperity in other industries like home building and auto manufacturing. The result could be a severe recession or even an economic depression in the United States and Canada.
Wide-spread use of free-energy technology could cause a big decline in petroleum refining. Sulfur is a by-product of petroleum refining; a large part of sulfur production is because of petroleum refining. A big decline in petroleum refining would cause a big decline in sulfur production. Sulfur is needed to make sulfuric acid, an essential chemical in the production of many fertilizers. A big decline in sulfur production would cause a big decline in fertilizer production. A big decline in fertilizer production would cause a big decline in food production that would make worse the food shortage crisis.
We must consider the dangerous world situation that could result if a change-over to free energy technology is not well managed. China would greatly benefit from widespread use of free energy technology, but Russia could be "put out of business" because of widespread use of free energy technology. Some energy experts believe that US President Ronald Reagan (with the help of Saudi Arabia) engineered the big drop in crude oil prices in 1986 as part of a plan to put the Soviet Union out of business; if this is true, the plan worked. Russia might even consider starting a war in order to prevent widespread use of free energy technology -- a war that could spread world-wide. The "have not nations" would view free energy technology as the road to economic equality with nations that have large amounts of coal and/or oil reserves. The "have not nations" would side with China, and Russia and her allies would be fighting nations that have most of the world population.
In Nikola Tesla's autobiography he wrote that we are confronted with portentous problems that can not be solved just by providing for our material existence, however abundantly.
He wrote that progress in the direction of providing an abundant material existence is fraught with
hazards and perils not less menacing than those born of want and suffering.
Nikola Tesla wrote (in the year 1919): "If we were to release the energy of atoms or discover some other way of developing cheap and unlimited power at any point on the globe, this accomplishment, instead of being a blessing, might bring disaster to mankind in giving rise to dissension and anarchy, that ultimately would result in the enthronement of the hated regime of force."
The term "might" means about 30% probability. By using the term
"might" instead of the term "may" (about 60% probability)
or the term "probably" (about 90% probability), Nikola Tesla implied
that there is about 70% probability that cheap and unlimited power will not
bring disaster. If the transition to free energy technology is well
managed, Larry McCart believes that cheap and unlimited power will not bring
disaster.
Governments exploit vehicle fuel sales for a large portion of government revenue.
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Vehicle Gas Prices and Taxes (First Quarter 2006) |
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Pre-tax cost of gas Money taken by government per unit of gas |
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Governments exploit property values of oil fields for a large portion of government revenue. In Kern County, California, there are a number of major oil fields including the Kern River oil field. The official estimate for crude oil in the Kern River oil field is one billion barrels. For all oil fields in Kern County the official estimate for crude oil probably would be over five billion barrels. The top five oil companies in Kern County have property in Kern County with a tax base of about 20 billion dollars, and pay about 240 million dollars each year in property taxes. |
