Reading or listening to news from many different sources and media, I'm frequently incensed about the apparent lack of understanding of the difference between energy (content) and power
Have you seen headlines like "Say Goodbye to Oil, Gas, & Solar...," or "The new Gasoline," courtesy of Goldman-Sachs (Snopes), or "Holy Grail of Fuels Found," and other salivations about "alternative" new energy sources?
Such posts typically come with claims like "... 1,693X more powerful than gasoline ..." or "it could power your car for over 50 years on one tank... and it "could make OPEC completely obsolete."
They all sound as if there is (are) new type(s) of energy SOURCES, that could provide near limitless energy, presumably also at next to no cost. Claims and promises of an energy-Nirvana, right here on earth, ready to exploit next week or soon thereafter?