Roadmaps To "Energy Too Cheap To Meter"

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In his blog post "Star Trek Vision: Energy Too Cheap To Meter," Albert Wenger envisions a future where energy is so abundant and affordable that metering consumption becomes obsolete. This concept, reminiscent of the utopian ideals portrayed in Star Trek, suggests a transformative shift in our energy systems, driven by advancements in solar power, energy storage, and grid infrastructure.

To transition from our current energy landscape to this envisioned future, multiple plausible roadmaps can be considered. Each pathway leverages different technological, infrastructural, and policy developments to achieve the goal of abundant, nearly free energy.

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Roadmap 1: Solar-Centric Infrastructure

2025–2035: Accelerated Solar Deployment

• Massive Investment in Solar Energy: Governments and private sectors invest heavily in solar panel manufacturing and installation, making solar the primary energy source in many regions.

• Advancements in Energy Storage: Development of cost-effective battery technologies and other storage solutions to address the intermittency of solar power.

• Grid Modernization: Upgrading existing grids to handle decentralized energy production, incorporating smart grid technologies for efficient energy distribution.(IRENA)

2035–2045: Integration and Optimization

• High-Voltage DC Transmission Lines: Construction of long-distance transmission lines to transport solar energy from high-production areas to regions with higher demand.

• Synthetic Fuels and Energy Carriers: Development of synthetic fuels produced using excess solar energy, facilitating energy transport and storage.(Continuations)

• Policy Reforms: Implementation of policies that phase out fossil fuel subsidies and incentivize renewable energy adoption.

2045–2055: Realization of Abundant Energy

• Energy Costs Plummet: With widespread solar adoption and efficient storage, the marginal cost of energy approaches zero.(Continuations)

• Universal Access: Energy becomes universally accessible, supporting economic growth and improving quality of life globally.(IEA)

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Roadmap 2: Fusion Power Breakthrough

2025–2035: Research and Development

• Investment in Fusion Research: Significant funding directed toward fusion energy research, including public-private partnerships.(Wikipedia)

• Prototype Reactors: Construction and testing of prototype fusion reactors to demonstrate feasibility and address technical challenges.

2035–2045: Commercialization

• Operational Fusion Plants: Deployment of the first commercial fusion power plants, providing a new source of clean, abundant energy.(Wikipedia)

• Grid Integration: Integration of fusion energy into existing grids, complementing renewable sources and enhancing energy reliability.

2045–2055: Global Expansion

• Scaling Up: Rapid expansion of fusion power infrastructure globally, reducing dependence on fossil fuels.

• Economic Transformation: Drastic reduction in energy costs stimulates innovation and economic development across various sectors.

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Roadmap 3: AI-Driven Energy Optimization

2025–2035: Digitalization of Energy Systems

• Smart Grids: Implementation of AI-powered smart grids that optimize energy distribution and consumption in real-time.

• Predictive Maintenance: Use of AI for predictive maintenance of energy infrastructure, reducing downtime and operational costs.

2035–2045: Autonomous Energy Management

• AI-Controlled Microgrids: Deployment of autonomous microgrids managed by AI, capable of self-balancing and responding to local energy demands.

• Dynamic Pricing Models: AI algorithms manage dynamic pricing, encouraging energy use during periods of surplus and promoting efficiency.

2045–2055: Seamless Energy Ecosystem

• Integrated Energy Networks: A fully integrated, AI-managed energy ecosystem that ensures optimal energy distribution, minimal waste, and near-zero marginal costs.

• Empowered Consumers: Consumers become active participants in energy markets, with AI tools enabling informed decisions and energy sharing.

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Conclusion

Achieving a future where energy is "too cheap to meter" requires a multifaceted approach, combining technological innovation, infrastructure development, and policy reform. Whether through the widespread adoption of solar energy, breakthroughs in fusion power, or AI-driven optimization of energy systems, each roadmap presents a viable path toward abundant, affordable energy. Realizing this vision will not only address pressing challenges like climate change and energy poverty but also unlock unprecedented opportunities for human advancement.

For further insights into this vision, you can read Albert Wenger's original blog post here: Star Trek Vision: Energy Too Cheap To Meter.

The Age of Abundance: AI, Acceleration, and the Prophecies of Tomorrow

The Age of Abundance: AI, Acceleration, and the Prophecies of Tomorrow

We are standing at the edge of a transformation so vast, so rapid, and so deeply foundational that even our most powerful institutions—governments, corporations, and financial systems—are starting to look outdated. 

Think of it this way: America spent over 200 years building its GDP—brick by brick— to $2 until the Internet came along. That changed everything. Within a single decade, the U.S. economy effectively added another “dollar” of value, fueled by the rise of the digital world. That was the Internet wave. After that came mobile, then social, and then crypto.

But now we’re entering an even bigger moment—the AI wave. And AI is not just another technology. It is the technology that accelerates all other technologies. It's not just one revolution. It's ten, unfolding simultaneously—AI, robotics, biotech, quantum computing, Web3, nanotech, space tech, brain-computer interfaces, energy abundance, and synthetic biology. Each is powerful on its own. But their intersections? That’s where the exponential curve turns vertical.

We are entering a moment where traditional metrics—GDP, productivity, profit, labor—begin to break down. They were designed for a world of scarcity. But what happens when scarcity ends? When machines think, work, diagnose, create, learn, and evolve faster than any human system can track? We’re witnessing the breaking of capitalism as we've known it—both its corporate and state-managed versions.

The old tools of governance don’t work in a world where decentralization, intelligence, and abundance are default. Borders blur. Labor becomes optional. Knowledge becomes infinite. The structures of the 19th and 20th centuries—the hierarchical corporation, the centralized nation-state, the fixed factory model of economics—are already crumbling.

In such times, people reach for anchors. For meaning. For truth. And often, for prophecy.

Scriptures from across the world—Vedic, Biblical, Islamic, Taoist, Indigenous—spoke of an Age of Abundance, a golden age, a Satya Yuga, a Messianic era, a time of peace and plenty. For centuries, for millennia, these were treated as metaphor, myth, or moral story. But what if they were also forecasts?

What if the promise of swords turned into ploughshares wasn’t poetic exaggeration, but a literal transition from war-based economies to regenerative ones powered by AI, clean energy, and global cooperation?

What if we’ve been approaching the end of the Age of Iron—the Kali Yuga, the Industrial Age, the Scarcity Era—and we are now crossing into the prophesied dawn of wisdom, abundance, and light?

The signs are here. Not in fire and fury. But in code, computation, and consciousness. We must open our eyes to this convergence, not merely as technologists or economists, but as spiritual beings witnessing prophecy unfold in real time.

To navigate this new epoch, we don’t just need better algorithms. We need deeper alignment—with truth, with each other, and with the eternal wisdom that has always pointed toward unity, justice, peace, and abundance.

The future isn’t coming. It’s arriving.

And scripture may be our best map to make sense of the terrain.

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Technological Advances And The Social, Political Sphere

Often when we talk about technological advances we assume the political and social frameworks will remain stagnant for decades on end. That is flawed thinking. The era of Big Data will be one, the era of Internet Of Things will be one where data gathering also for the social sciences will be as abundant as has been for the physical sciences. That changes things. The Age Of Abundance that will be heralded by astronomical increases in productivity that would fundamentally challenge basic ideas of ownership and distribution will be a new paradigm beyond capitalism and socialism. It is the steepness of the curve of imminent technological advances and its inevitability that gives humanity much hope. The millennial reign is imminent.

Recent centuries of progress in human knowledge have endowed humanity with much gains of insight on the first four dimensions from magnitudes extremely small to extremely large. That puts humanity in a tremendous position to appreciate the huge leap that the fourth dimension is from the third. If subsequent leaps are even larger and larger and God is the tenth, the final dimension, does your physics now take you face to face with God?

Some very smart minds have sounded alarms on Artificial Intelligence. Lucifer, aka Satan, is magnitudes smarter than the smartest AI you could ever create. Because your AI will be limited to the first four dimensions whereas Lucifer is a being from a beyond dimension. Those who fear AI should be aware of Lucifer even more easily. Evidence of Lucifer "getting" you in all around. You call it global warming. Lucifer promised global warming in the Koran more than a millennium ago. The human hubris that kicked in post "enlightenment" and post industrial revolution and post space exploration took big chunks of humanity away from God and right into Satan's lap. Those who say there is no God, there is no hell, there is no devil make it sound like this is original, independent thinking on their part. Not so. You are in Satan's grip. It is bondage. You made the choice to walk away from God. That is not a good record. Love God with all your heart, mind and soul and keep loving God if you stand any chances to positively harvest the imminent advances in technology. God is infinitely smarter and more powerful than Lucifer.

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Abundance, Round The Corner

In the 1800s, aluminum was more valuable than silver and gold because it was rarer. So when Napoleon III entertained the King of Siam, the king and his guests were honored by being given aluminum utensils, while the rest of the dinner party ate with gold. 

But aluminum is not really rare.

In fact, aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth’s crust, making up 8.3% of the weight of our planet. But it wasn’t until chemists Charles Martin Hall and Paul Héroult discovered how to use electrolysis to cheaply separate aluminum from surrounding materials that the element became suddenly abundant.

The problems keeping us from achieving a world where everyone’s basic needs are met may seem like resource problems — when in reality, many are accessibility problems. 

Think about all the things that computers and the internet made abundant that were previously far less accessible because of cost or availability … 

Less than two decades ago, when someone reached a certain level of economic stability, they could spend somewhere around $10K on stereos, cameras, entertainment systems, etc — today, we have all that equipment in the palm of our hand.

When put to the right use, emerging technologies like artificial intelligence,robotics, digital manufacturing, nano-materials and digital biology make it possible for us to drastically raise the standard of living for every person on the planet.