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Atmospheric Molecular Engine (AME) does not incrementally improve the energy crisis our world faces, it resolves it. AME harnesses the solar energy already absorbed by our atmosphere, without the need for direct sunlight. An inexhaustible fuel source that does not require refinement, transporting or any additional energy to produce. Furthermore, AME does not require any experimental technology to be developed so can be ready to demonstrate within one year. The basis for the invention of AME was addressing the global climate crisis in mass scale. A renewable energy source that is convenient and cheap, and can be produced with technology and manufacturing methodologies of today. We decided to start with a clean slate and move away from the traditional models of brute force and the use of a primary energy to fix the problem. Instead we looked to physics, chemistry and biomimicry for answers because nature has already solved the problem. AME is not a result of learning about nature, but rather, learning from nature.
In 2005, it was estimated that 40% of U.S. energy came from petroleum, 23% from coal, and 23% from natural gas. All of these energy sources are nonrenewable. However, the energy crisis that we are facing extends beyond powering our cars and homes, it’s a major burden on financial markets, because supply and demand prescribes that our current model of energy production and consumption is simply unsustainable. While the global community has rallied in the recent years around developing renewable energy sources, the traditional mechanism of energy in, before energy out has prevailed, and solar is not the exception. Scientists from the IPCC have stated that the amount of energy used in the production of photovoltaic cells is more than the cells produce in their entire lifetime.
The Designed Sustainability Group and its patent applied (U.S. Patent Application No. 12/684,919) concept AME, is an elegant solution to transform not only how the U.S. thinks about energy, but how the world does.
AME’s feasibility is broken down into two categories: physics and manufacturability. From a physics standpoint, the concept driving AME is not anything new. Scientists, academics and environmental engineers have long known how energy output comes from our sun, and how that energy reacts with the Earth; additionally, the characteristics and behavior of O2 and N2 molecules are also well known and can even be considered elementary. However, most academic analysis of O2 and N2 are directed toward kinetic energy and not atmospheric pressure, which has generally been a macroscopic study pertaining to the environment en masse. This is where AME bridges the knowledge, taking a fresh perspective at atmospheric pressure on a microscopic level. The second category, manufacturability, has been accomplished indirectly by advances in the nanotechnology, semiconductor, medical, and high density optical disc industries, where either by design or consequence the necessary blueprint for AME was made readily available.
**After numerous discussions with various experts in thermodynamics and physics, we have included a new section in our white paper entitled: Critical Discussion Points - Thermodynamics. This should assist people in further understanding how AME works within the laws of physics and thermodynamics.** April 9, 2010
**Designed Sustainability has been approved for the Pepsi Refresh Everything Grant Challenge. Our groundbreaking concept AME is open for public voting, please help us bring AME to fruition by casting your vote today! May 1, 2010
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White Paper on Atmospheric Molecular Engine (AME)
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Business Plan | this document is password protected
Financial Statements | this document is password protected
