Realism vs. Idealism
The difference between Realism and Idealism is clouded to a certain point. There can be "practical (realistic)" "noble goals (idealistic)", but that concept of reality is far in-between. Practical nobility does exist. You just have to know what you are looking for, know where to look, and have to be willing to look for it.
Realism
re⋅al⋅ism [ree-uh-liz-uh m] –noun
1.interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
2.the tendency to view or represent things as they really are.
Realistic
re⋅al⋅is⋅tic [ree-uh-lis-tik] –adjective
1.interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
2.pertaining to, characterized by, or given to the representation in literature or art of things as they really are: a realistic novel.
3.resembling or simulating real life: a duck hunter skilled at making realistic decoys.
4.Philosophy. of or pertaining to realists or realism.
Realist
re⋅al⋅ist [ree-uh-list] –noun
1.a person who tends to view or represent things as they really are.
2.an artist or a writer whose work is characterized by realism.
3.Philosophy. an adherent of realism.–adjective
4.of or pertaining to realism or to a person who embodies its principles or practices: the realist approach to social ills; realist paintings.
Idealism
i⋅de⋅al⋅ism [ahy-dee-uh-liz-uh m] –noun
1.the cherishing or pursuit of high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
2.the practice of idealizing.
3.something idealized; an ideal representation.
Idealistic
i⋅de⋅al⋅is⋅tic [ahy-dee-uh-lis-tik] –adjective
of or pertaining to idealism or idealists.
Idealist
I⋅de⋅al⋅is [ahy-dee-uh-list] –noun
1.a person who cherishes or pursues high or noble principles, purposes, goals, etc.
2.a visionary or impractical person.
3.a person who represents things as they might or should be rather than as they are.
4.a writer or artist who treats subjects imaginatively.
5.a person who accepts the doctrines of idealism.
Here are 3 examples that are idealistic, but are currently not realistic, practical ideas.
Example 1 is a list of markets that are excessively saturated.
-Computer/Network Support
-Debt Collection
-Debt Consolidation
-Yard Care
-Web Site Design
-Construction
-Advertisement
-Cybersex Sites
-Dating Sites
-Online Porn in General
-Indian and Asian Restaurants
-General Automotive
Example 2 is the hybrid vehicle market. They are great idealistically, but they are not practical in price from a calculated census that 85% of the US population (lower middle class 30%, working class 30%, working poor 13%, underclass 12%) can not afford that type of vehicle. It is said that the batteries within the vehicles will drop in price within the next 10 years. This will make the hybrids more affordable for the lower classes, but the original purpose of the hybrids will have already come and gone with as much pollution as we are creating now. That purpose is to cut vehicle emissions. Not enough people are buying them currently to make any such present difference.
Example 3 is about the electric and hydrogen cell vehicles. They are highly noble ideas,but they are not realistic. Electric vehicles use electricity directly. Hydrogen cell vehicles use hydrogen cells filled by hydrogen extractors which use electricity. It is how we generate the electricity that keeps these vehicular technologies from being a practical idea. 48.9% of all electricity created in the US is from coal burning power plants. The rest is produced from nuclear 19.3%, natural gas 20%, petroleum 1.6%, hydroelectric conventional 7.1%, other renewables 2.4%, and other 0.7%. As it has been explained on wikipedia, blogged, put up on forums, and blatantly posted on websites, clean coal technology is an oxymoron, and an industry's hype; there is no such thing as clean coal. Clean coal sounds great, but it is unrealistic, a visionary's utopian idea.
Now we will talk about one of the rare practical noble ideas, the GEET fuel processor, plasma power, but first we must speak of it's creator. A man by the name of Paul Patone, an exception plasma physicist who is wrongfully imprisoned in Utah State Asylum.
http://www.teslatech.info/ttmagazine/v4n4/pantone.htm
"History is filled with the plunder, sabotage, neglect, persecution and erasure of key inventors and scientists working on crucial technologies for our future. The cost to mankind in lost science and technology is not well known and has been utterly disastrous. Nikola Tesla was prevented from bringing free wireless power to the public in the early 1900’s. The lives of hundreds of millions have been unnecessarily cut short and ruined because of the relentless A.M.A. persecution of Royal Rife and his incredible 1930’s technology to treat cancer. Philo T. Farnsworth’s promising research for electronic fusion was stopped cold by a corporate takeover in the 1960’s. These are just a few significant examples." TeslaTech Inc.
How does the processor work? Watch both these videos...
Video 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMNCebzgCgg
Video 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2KRRgjcJTg
If this does interest you please read the business proposal for The Ion Shop; http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=80283580&blogID=466725761. What good is money if we are dead from our own destruction?...
Other Informational links are...
http://plasmas.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_coal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_generation
http://www.howstuffworks.com/