alternative energy to replace fossil fuel?
im writing a paper and needed help on:
recommend an alternative energy to replace the U.S dependency on fossil fuel?
Read MoreIn what ways is the U.S. working toward an alternative fuel source?
A recent article I read said that India and China are making monumentous steps towards using wind power, an 47% increase in India and 65% in china from their previous year. While coal is still the main form of energy for these countries, they are making big investments in alternative energy.
I am wondering if the U.S. is making any major headway in alternative energy, especially since we are one of the top countries that consume coal. Would be nice if you can also link your statistics.
Does anyone else also think that the hybrid cars on the market are only a short term solution? Should it only be considered a transitional phase to fully electrical cars?
Just curious also, are oil companies buying out people that are developing alternative energy tech? Are they developing them after they buy them? Sources please, I dont like to blame without having hard facts.
What variables can be used in a science project about solar energy?
I am helping my daughter with her science fair project and she has decided to go with alternative energy. From that she decided she wanted to build a model solar home or car and show how using solar energy would help decrease pollution. Her science teacher has told her to make sure she uses more than one variable..Now we are lost..What variables can be used with this type of project? Any help will be greatly appreciated…
Read MoreWhat is the easiest way to get the US green?
My opinion is that anyone who has any environmental knowledge should know that unless we limit the number of people in this country all of the progress toward alternative energy and attempts to get us off of foreign oil is meaningless.
Due to legal immigration we are growing faster in numbers then ever before in history and thus using more energy then ever before. Add the unknown millions of illegal immigrants and we are in real trouble for the future.
To me the easiest way to use less energy, reduce the impacts of our consumption and secure a strong future for our children is to find a way to limit immigration and send the illegal immigrants home. Just think – If 12 million people left how much energy we would save as a country!
What do you think?
Can we continue to allow more immigration then the rest of the world combined and ever get green?
I have no "fear" of immigration. But I admit I am scared to think what this country will look like in another 50+ years if we continue at this pace. All projections show us at around 600 million people. At that point there will be a much lower quality of life for everyone here. Countries that can limit their population growth will be in a much better position to get the best people/minds from around the world. Its a sad legacy to think we are so self centered on reproduction and immigration that we would jeopardize our childrens future!
So you don’t think that removing 12-20 million people from this country would have a positive effect on our environment? We have no power or control over other countries so we need to take care of our own limitations or we will not be in a position to help anyone.
Read MoreWhy is Ethanol the targeted choice Alternative Fuel?
I just saw an article that gives a bunch of reasons NOT to use corn-based Ethanol. Especially since it’s one of our base grain foods. Why aren’t they going with Biodiesel – the veggie van, that was a great example. Plus in Texas, there’s a ton that runs all of their garbage trucks off greenenergy made from their landfill. Which they’ve in turn made into a fuel processing area. If you watch YouTube there are tons of alternative energy choices we could be making in the US. How do we get more people to discover what we have the ability to do now; then while we set it up and use it, continue to try improving it.
Why is it that things that make sense are so hard to get acted upon?
The largest problem with Ethanol is that it uses up fossil fuel to produce it. It isn’t efficient in production or in use. It doesn’t equal out production cost/energy to consumption/usage. So besides taking away a food source (read labels – corn, corn syrup, etc ) it also is more costly to produce it. Especially since they’re using old energy to create it. While biodiesel has been used for decades on farms and is cheaper to produce. So political seems to be the key to backing it would seem. How about a grassroots movement to choose biodiesel? Just as many states have chosen to honor the Kyoto plan dispite the gov’t not signing it. If they won’t do what we want, we enforce it state by state. If the gov’t has stopped working for the people – then the people need to start working for themselves.