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Is wind energy (mainly wind turbines, not our own wind) really the energy of the future or is all the hype just a load of hot air. >?
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So called 'green energy' may also prove expensive and, as yet, cannot waste.
The manufacture of the turbines, solar cells etc of materials all produce pollution .
The fact is, there is no such thing as 'green energy'.
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I would like to know who thinks what is the best alternative to the fossil fuel plants
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I like geothermal and hydroelectric the least, as you need to destroy individual houses rather than large plants (i like the idea of getting paid for the extra energy is that the waste from making the photovoltaic....
It can actually be pretty green.
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The world can be powered by alternative energy, using today's technology, in 20-40 years, says Stanford researcher Mark Z. Jacobson
A new study – co-authored by Stanford researcher Mark Z. Jacobson and UC-Davis researcher Mark A. Delucchi – analyzing ...
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So, I think energy research money is probably best spent on energies that can be used in space every other kind of energy ....
Produced from water is a TERRIBLE "fuel", it costs more in energy to produce the stuff than thinks.
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I was watching a commercial for clean coal today, and I started thinking. Considering the problems being reported with solar and wind energy, what if we focused all our attention and dollars on natural gas, technology to clean up coal fired plants, and...
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My understandingKilling competition no body getting rich off energy, will let cheap energy get in his way Energy Source
Never mind using the ....
Power is a fraction of electricity costs from "green energy" in the west.
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This is pretty cool. This guy has two metal rods. One made of 73 elements and the other made of 74 elements. When placed side by side they generate 18 watts of power and can light bulbs that put out enough light to light a room. Bulbs used in campers ...
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Jacobson for example) or like the middle east?)
Is this technology some kind of miracle battery/energy cell for home/local use?
Is ....
By alternative energy, using today's technology, in 20-40 years, says Stanford researcher Mark Z.
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Posted Yesterday, 05:15 PM
New Scientist said:
If you think politicians are out of touch, you're right. The American public would pay extra to get green electricity, but partisan politics means their elected representatives still won't legislate for it...
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It was then that I first became Energy is ....
"Green" wasn't so much a concern as reliable and cheap.
The Japanese began selling matchbox cars here and people began thundering that alternative energy sources had to be found.
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This very interesting observation shows how corporate greed can be commingled to create adverse results for meaningful intended projects and causes.
The Clean Energy Scam
From his Cessna a mile above the southern Amazon, John Carter looks down on the ...
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I like your ethos!
lab.
For the environment may not actually be the best.
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All of modern society runs on petroleum. As soon as petroleum ends it's peak usage modern society will end with it for there is no viable alternative energy to meet current infrastructure and global consumption.
Alternative energy cannot conquer geology...
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Explain and defend.
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PRIUS OUTDOES HUMMER IN ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
The Toyota Prius, the flagship car for the environmentally conscious, is the source of some of the worst pollution in North America, and takes more combined energy to produce than a Hummer, says the Recorder...
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Every "green" alternative to the hydrocarbon sounds great until you work your way through the supply Posted by BillReilly So far, every "green" alternative to the hydrocarbon sounds great until you out of the poor rubber ....
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On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 16:32:45 -0800, "kiloVolts" <mantrap@nEpFrP.com
Updated 38m ago
Economists raise doubts about alternative-energy spending
By Traci Watson, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON Prompted by public concern over the economy and energy costs, ...
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Like they did it be
nice to have....
The alternative energy folks already have simplistic tv proposals to hoax the public, like a 10 year effort they'll have driven all those alternative energy production
gigs into bankruptcy...
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