what is stopping all the world economies and scientists from developing cheaper alternative sources of energy rapidly as it's quite obvious, thats what we all need...anything else but oil!
2006-12-26 21:59:37 · 4 answers · asked by onukpa 3 in Environment
I dont know but we need something fast or there is no future...
2006-12-26 22:08:36 · answer #1 · answered by GQsmooth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
At the risk of sounding rude, let me ask you: what cheaper alternate source of energy?
Wind? We have windmill farms being put out nearly everywhere (and people complain because they are noisy, ruin the landscape, and that little birds get chopped to bits flying through the propeller plane).
Solar power? With a 1 m^2 panel providing less than 200 W at high noon, and zero at night, this is not really practical for some applications.
Nuclear energy? And then you have all the econuts on your back.
What is left?
Fusion power? Huge investments are being put in there; except that we have not yet produced one watt of commercially available power yet, it is all experimental, and some people balk at the investment, claiming that fusion power will never be achieved in a commercial reactor.
What is stopping the world economies and scientists from developing cheaper alternative sources of energy? The laws of physics and the laws of economics. How much money have YOU invested? How much studies have you done to yourself become a top scientist and go find those alternative sources of energy?
It is oh so easy to demand that other people (government and scientists) do stuff, it is a lot harder to actually do it.
Like many other things, it is an issue of putting your money where your mouth is. Cash up front, then scientist can go to work.
And there is no guarantee of success either, remember that. That is the problem with scientific research: you do not know what you will find in the end. Sometime, all you find is the proof that what you are trying to achieve is not possible. Science is about exploring the possible, not building a dreamed up reality.
2006-12-26 22:57:20 · answer #2 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is plenty of oil, the causation of global warming is a bunch of crap, OIL IS GOOD.
2006-12-26 22:02:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
G R E E D
2006-12-26 22:01:19 · answer #4 · answered by kikisdragon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋