Fusion would be the answer, but the money required to test current ideas for fusion power is too much. There are plans for a test fusion reactor in britain in the 2030 region, but its gonna cost a bomb and it still might not even yield positive results.
Simple, look for systems and processes that are in motion, use your form of resistance in order to capture that potential energy and convert it to your benefit. This is the same process that dams, solar-cells, and windmills use in order to capture an energy that is always in motion. Wouldn't it be nice to capture the potential energy of tornados, earthquakes, volcanos, and tsunamis? Hmm, guess that's too far in the future. Maybe it need only be something as simple as capturing the rain.
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IIRC, people have actually tried collecting rain on tall buildings. They store the water, and release it slowly to generate some (small amount of) electricity.
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AnOnYmOuS 2U2009-02-11 2:53
how many buildings? how efficient is their generator? how many countries are involved in the undertaking? I mean, how efficient can you expect it to be if it is only one or a few buildings? I expect not very much. My job is to find out how to do things on a small scale and then reproduce them large-scale. The simple truths are most commonly overlooked. And...btw...rain is only (1) one example of potential energy, what are some others. Perhaps a brainstorming session is in order?
ITT troll reinvents power dams. They're pretty neat, by the way, if your terrain and climate supports it. There's some habitat damage, but very local, and it's one of the cleanest sources of energy all around.