Why is zero point energy hard to come by?

Around 1700 we saw the first commercial applications of rudimentary steam engines which were used to pump water. Over the next hundred years the machine evolved rapidly and went on to power the industrial revolution.

It took only seventy-five years to progress from the first simple compression-less internal combustion engine to a working four stroke engine (Otto engine, 1876) resembling the motors we still use today.

In the case of computing technology, it took roughly forty years to progress from electro-mechanical calculating machines to desktop home computers. From there another thirty years have led us to semi-conductors of such tiny dimensions that we now have super-computing laptops.

When we look at the relatively sluggish progress in the broad field of zero-point research one must wonder: Where’s the holdup? We tend to cite human greed, the constrictive nature of the patenting process and suppression by vested interest as the prime inhibitors to progress. But is that really the whole story?

Consider the example of Stanley Meyer’s water-powered car. Thousands of people all over the world are trying to replicate his success by twiddling with frequencies voltages. How many combinations can there possibly be? We live in the internet age where instant global mass communication is a non-issue. Considering that this technology has already worked for several different inventors working in different parts of the world, it boggles the mind to know that we are struggling to re-discover the “secret”.

The same is true for all other approaches to tapping into the zero-point field. It seems like nature is clinging to this particular secret more than any other. To add further complexity: Not only is the evolution of human consciousness entwined in the progression of this technology, but there seems to be a direct connection between the zero point field and consciousness itself. Perhaps we are at that critical moment in our evolution where we are beginning to discover the fuzzy overlap where physical states and mental states merge into one. The question: Where does consciousness reside? feels very relevant to this exploration.

Of course this is idle speculation. At the very least, it is safe to say that when it comes to zero point energy, regardless of the particular process under investigation, we don’t fully comprehend the physical principles involved. For example: In the the case of Meyer’s car, we simply don’t understand why that particular design worked when other very similar designs clearly do not. If we had a better understanding of the physics behind the inventions, then surely it would be a very simple matter to reconstruct devices which have already been proven to work.

All this got me thinking about the relationship between technological progress and progress of human consciousness in general. For example, we know that Tesla had incredibly advanced solutions to satisfy our energy needs, but his technology was scuttled by JP Morgan and the vested interests that Morgan has become symbolic of. On the surface it seems clear that Morgan has done us a disservice. With the launch pad of Tesla’s technology we could have progressed freely into an era of unimaginable abundance and prosperity.

What this analysis ignores is that free energy without sustainability is more than just dangerous. In an odd way we needed to arrive at this messy moment in history first. It is fair to say that in a very real sense, society was not mature enough in Tesla’s own lifetime for the technology that he brought forth.

Right now we are still in the process of consuming ourselves to death. Ninety percent of all that is created by humans ultimately ends in a landfill. Sixty percent of our output (by volume) has a life-span of less than six months!

Imagine the degree to which free energy, when it arrives for good, will accelerate the rate at which we extract resources and generate landfill fodder! To obtain minerals we dig holes and crush rocks. The only brake to inhibit this process is the cost of energy. Within the existing economic framework, free energy will bring run-away extraction and consumption.

In an odd way there is something appropriate about the nauseating delay that we have been dealing with. It almost feels like nature is deliberately withholding the secret so that we are forced to grapple with sustainability issues before the pathway towards this technology is opened up.

This is more than a metaphor. We don’t have a clear idea of where inspiration comes from. The greatest leaps have always resulted from seemingly divine origins. Inventors experience visions, “downloads” and flashes of deep insight. Kekule solved the riddle of organic chemistry in a dream in which he envisioned a snake biting it’s own tail.

Perhaps there is a higher intelligence at the other end of these other-worldly transmissions. Perhaps a crucial piece of the free energy puzzle is being deliberately withheld from us until we demonstrate as a species that we are ready to use this technology for something other than the mass production of disposable consumer goods.

Like children who are learning to play with adult tools, we have been existing in a constricted space. Perhaps this dynamic is required for any civilization to find it’s wings. A child is given blunt scissors before it is ever allowed to go near “real” scissors.

One thing we have not addressed within the new energy movement (as far as I am aware) is the reality that with free energy comes a HUGE responsibility for humanity. Is it merely coincidence that our current economic system is imploding at this time? I think free energy is not compatible with capitalism as we know it. Will the transition be smooth and natural, or will we use our free energy to make a monstrous mess before we, collectively, understand what we have laid our hands on?