Friday, May 10, 2013

Issues: Renewable Energies

Looking at some of the information from this article, this is the information I found:
  • Fossil Fuels although theoretically renewable, we are extinguishing them faster than they can be replenished.
  • United States makes about 1/3 of all geothermal energy in the world.
  • Alternative energies are on the move with 20% of Denmark's energy coming from wind power.
  • Geothermal energy makes nearly no emissions at all and the only thing that comes from it are some bad smells occasionally.
  • Wind power is becoming more streamlined and efficient and can mitigate the effects of hurting birds, making noise, and taking up too much space.
  • Photovoltaic cells are linked together to create solar panels. This is the only source in able to directly convert the pure energy of the sun to usable energy.
  • In the coming years, alternative energies will become more prominent because the cost of fossil fuels will increase do to their rarity and because alternative energies will become even more advanced.
I believe that with this information I can help show others what alternative energies are and what they can do. I found this interesting myself by learning how solar energy is collected by photovoltaic cells.

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