I drew up plans as a teenager (80s) for a device that could take
   charges from the surrounding area and convert it to a trickle
   charging battery. So it could be surrounded by anything and grab
   the ions. I mean, it was just an idea and I'd just learned about
   ions but it seemed logical. Anyway, yeah - some people think I'm
   evil because I root for Edison (company) battery over AC.
   Nothing against Tesla mind you. But so many of our devices are
   already DC. They use wasteful AC through transformers down to
   DC. I mean.. WHATIF Edison had won? AC would be restricted to
   things like motors that need it. DC and battery technology might
   be 100 years ahead. Oh well. We're starting to catch up now. ==
   True. I mean we wanted power and we wanted it NOW. AC gave raw
   power. DC gave us, well, just what we needed and nothing else.
   == I agree. I think we're a pretty free thinking group. I credit
   dor 99% of it honestly. I mean I've seen people butt heads a
   *little* here... I once raised skeptical eyebrows at Kurzweil,
   transhumanism and singularity, which led to a slightly heated
   discussion but... it wasn't a debate. it was a discussion.
   that's what's refreshing. There's discussion smile emoticon