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I don't know if anyone has heard of this, but anyways, here's a link to the site about it:

http://users.erols.com/iri/ZPENERGY.html

It's interesting, but apossible source of power. I don't even know if it belongs in this board, but, post ur comments

oh thats it. i must have got dates messed up. srry.

In 2004, NASA will send up the Cassini probe in the Hyugens lander, to the largest moon of Saturn, Titan. Titan has a methane based atmosphere, ((so don't light a match)), along with liquids over the moon. It is the most possible location in our solar system to support life. It should reach there, at 2010, or something. I forget.

I could see it now... Little tiny subatomic indians dancing around a fire, throwing their own in. Then waving spears, and dancing with bones thru there little tiny noses.

Not really for a link, i just searched the web for methane power. I found it on some small site... forget which. Sorry.

I read that it is possible that life could exist on a neutron star. (for other people, its like a weak black hole) The gravity is so strong that a thimbleful of its matter weighs 20,000 tons on Earth. Atoms are shredded, the gravity is so dense. So, life may exist as subatomic particles. Unfortunately, they would be so small as to time passing, 7 generations of their kind pass in an eyeblink. They could visit us, but we would appear frozen in time to them, not to mention gargantuan. Maybe there are already.  :angry:

Don't tell me Ian. You read Dark they Were, And Golden Eyed, right? I highly doubt that could happen, let alone a disease on a planet which appears to have not have sustained life for millions of years. 

When we first land, we can live off other forms, but after colonization gets under way, we can build a methane farm. Feces from any lifeform, when heated to a near temperatur of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, gives off methane gas. This can be transported to a digester. Details are found in this small article:

Roger Decker, a rancher has recently been using biomass to generate power. A methane digester on his farm heats manure to 100 degrees F. This produces methane, which powers the turbine. The unit generates enough electricity for Decker's farm and 50 homes. Decker's project eliminates carbon and methane emissions, both of which contribute to global warming.

Do you think this is a possible alternative of power generation, and after all, it's an efficient use of waste, no?

i guess not anytime soon, duh. (jk) i was thinking about that self sustained vacuum before, but then again, thats thousands of feet. but once we get there, a  cost effective suggestion, no?