energy everywhere

i keep hearing rumors about a new energy solution and i just wanted to rant on it; though i don't have much

there's energy everywhere. mass is energy ala e=mc^2, so you and everything you're in contact with holds immense energy. currently, nuclear reactions are the only way we know of to harness that energy which has rare reactants and severe consequences. but there's energy everywhere: the sun, the gravitational pull of the moon and its effects on tides, waves, wind, thermal, terrestrial and extraterrestrial electromagnetic power including lightning. there's even plenty of the existing legacy energy sources (hydro, coal, oil, natural gas)

there are problems, though, with harnessing, transporting, and translating energy. take hydro - potential energy stored in water is translated to kinetic energy, translated to electric energy by a generator in a dam, then translated to sound and light energy by your bube tube. instead, you could just have a little nuclear reactor built into your tv and never need to plug in

my understanding is that tesla had learned how to transmit energy around the globe and harness it anywhere - and wanted to give receivers to the people (or give the building instructions away for free). my guess is that we can find a way to harness energy already propagating around the world, possibly store it in batteries, and use it as we like

update: we'll probably also soon see genetically modified bacteria and/or yeast that break down common waste or matter (eg poor soil), optionally using (modified) photosynthesis, to produce an easily combustible hydrocarbon (natural gas, oil, etc). they'll probably start with plastic