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100-Word Challenge, Day 196-198

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

Aldric Dewitt sat in his hospital bed browsing the screen of his data slate, reading a report that confirmed what he had known for months. Energy production was increasing at a rate faster than demand. His Void Generators had grown efficient enough to supply all of the moon with free power, but the population growth on the moon had stagnated and the lunar industries had purchased most, if not all, of the upgrades his company had offered. In his short time on Terra’s only natural satellite, Aldric had made the moon the most energy efficient habitat in the solar system. For anyone else the prospect of out producing demand would have been a cause for panic or drastic reorganization, but Aldric had a plan. Continue reading


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100-Word Challenge, Day 160

The Philippsburg nuclear power plant, in Germa...

The Philippsburg nuclear power plant, in Germany. Français : La Centrale nucléaire de Philippsburg, en Allemagne. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“What is that exactly?”

Evan scratched his head for a second before saying, “It was a new energy source, even more powerful than the Void System.”

“So what,” Jacob said, “more free energy from Darkside. Big deal.”

“You don’t understand,” Evan said as he stood up and paced the length of his bed. “The kind of output we were looking at was staggering. It was an enormous leap forward.” He looked about the room for some frame of reference, but couldn’t find anything adequate. “Think of it in terms of going straight from discovering fire to discovering nuclear fission without all of the messy halfway steps in between.”

 

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100-Word Challenge, Day 087-088

Animation of the structure of a section of DNA...

Animation of the structure of a section of DNA. The bases lie horizontally between the two spiraling strands. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

“Oh really,” she said. “Tell me about them.”

“Not yet. It is still too early and I have only done the math, not any real testing yet," Evan said, "but if I'm right, it could make Aldric's energy innovations a footnote in the history books." He leaned back in his chair and spun about. "It seems that Aldric is not the only genius in this place."

"I'll have to take your word for it, genius," Margaret said. "Until you have created something from your ideas, you're little more than a dreamer." She held up her hand to stave off his rebuttal. "You are a very intelligent dreamer, but still only a dreamer until then." Continue reading


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