Not meaning to barge in between you two, but I have to respond to this.
randman writes:
The power problem is an interesting one, probably for another thread. There is power all around us all the time, massive amounts of power in fact.
Yes, there are massive sources of potential energy all around us. The problem is how to convert these potential energy sources into usable forms of energy. Technically speaking, the monitor you are reading this message from contains enough energy to destroy the city you are living in. Just send a few anti-matter its way and BOOM!
But you see, things are not that simple. Tapping into these sources of "free" energy is the real challenge. If it were that simple, I'm sure someone would have figured out a way to exploit all the free potential energy all around us without having to resort to fossil fuel.
Actually, now that I think about it, people did figure out a way to tap into these free sources of energy. It's called slavery if you know what I mean.
Actually, I am thinking of microwave. It does vibrate the water molecules, and I am sure can be made lethal quite easily.
I saw you said earlier that microwave could be used for crowd control. How exactly does this work? Are you suggesting we cook an angry crowd alive as a method of crowd control? Haha, not to sound sadistic, but that part actually gave me an amusing mental image.
The military does engage close range in urban warfare making these weapons useful.
Hahaha. Ya, and the 5 ton battery they have to carry along to power these weapons...