which type of alternative energy do you like?

Question

im writting a paper and im wondering which type of alternative energy will be supported by the public

Answer 1

Wind, solar and any other newer methods are a great idea, but just not practical or efficient.

Nuclear is the only viable alternitive AT THIS TIME. And, it's at this time that we desparately need ENERGY INDEPENDENCE.

No matter what you hear about the troubles of nuclear power, they are simply not true. Nuclear power plants are operating with 400% more efficiency and 240% more safely than twenty years ago. Even the founder of Green Peace, Nuclear power's biggest critic for the last thirty years is now PRO-NUCLEAR! Patrick Moore.

Nuclear creates no greenhouse gases, no carbon dioxide, no emmissions. Nuclear waste technology has peaked and is safe. If the US Government get's off it's duppa and fulfills it's promise to nuclear generators, YUCCA mountain will open and safely store high level waste. If that doesn't happen, the technology is here and now, ready to handle re-processsing all spent fuel and old nuclear bombs from the US and Russia into new fuel for reactors. That's called MOX fuel. It's already being being done at the Savanah River Site. Literally turning swords into plowshears.

We will finally realize the nuclear age soon to break our habits with foriegn oil and burning coal. Energy Independence and Enviromental stewardship. GO NUCLEAR!

Answer 2

This is a very geographic specific question. Hard to apply generally. For example:
I think solar power is the best solution. It is cheap, mobile, clean and is geographically widely usable. But of course there are very few places in the northern hemisphere that could use it effectively. Take Ireland for example they have 200+ days of rain a year. No use for Solar power there.
Most tidal and wave power equipment is pretty sensitive so can only be used on coasts that don't have storms and such. So most of the land on the Atlantic (for e.g.) is out.
Wind energy is another good one but again has very specific needs. It has to have a certain duration and speed of winds to work well. It is also quite sensitive so can't be used in deserts due to abrasion by the sand (for e.g.)
Geo thermal is way too expensive and area sensitive.
For HydroPower you need a serious dam. Many people think they will work in a river. Mabe in the dark ages with a mill wheel. Nowadays you need the serious force of the pressure of water being forced through a turbine from the bottom of a big dam wall. The environmental consequences of building huge dams is devastating. Everything upstream is drowned while everything downstream is dried.
Gas from gasfields is pretty good as the gas burned to create the heat to create the steam that drives the turbines to create electricity burns clean with no serious cfc or other harnful gasses.

For ease and effectiveness I would go with solar.

Good luck with your paper.

Answer 3

Hydrogen.
When it burns with oxygen, the exhaust is water vapor. It can be produced from water using solar power and electrolysis. It is much less dangerous than gasoline.

Solar.
Solar power can be used to heat water or create electricity. You can cook with solar power in an oven that you can make yourself. This will not run out for a long time. When it does, alternate energy sources will be the least of our worries.

Answer 4

True Story. When I talked to this extraterrestrial just the other day, he was wondering why we earthlings are so obsessed with burning carbon. He basically told me that his people burn hydrogen. He thought it was odd, that we as a dominate species of our world, were not in sync with the rest of the galaxies. He made it sound like the Universe Community was using hydrogen as a power source as a standard. It felt like the metric system...we know we should use it but we're just to lazy to change. ET got a good laugh out of that.

Answer 5

Solar and wind are nice but expensive as of right now. The cleanest and best IMHO, with more and more research into safer disposal and more efficient use of starting materials is nuclear fission. Unfortunately, with 3-Mile and Chernobyl still resounding in the public, nuclear is not very popular.

Answer 6

Let us look at the burning of hydrogen,where are u going to put the fuel tank? Hydrogen is very explosive and leak through almost anything. I have worked with liquid helium we used it as a refrigerant . The experiment finally failed because of the leaks . It was to cool super magnets that were cooled to negative resistance . So once the current started flowing through negative resistance it would continue unless we lost refrigeration and the wire warmed up to positive resistance. There is another problem and that is when u burn hydrogen with air the fire is very hot so u will produce Nitrogen oxide ,that dreadful pollutant.

Answer 7

Today the effects of global warming are evident. Accordingly, the international community has been taking concrete steps to combat global warming. One of the efficient ways is use of coal mine methane (CMM) gas as alternative energy.

CMM gas is a potent greenhouse gas that has 21 times the global warming effect of carbon dioxide. It is generated in the course of coal production and released into the atmosphere. When tapped, this can be used as clean energy. Therefore, the effective recovery of CMM gas will contribute to the reduction in greenhouse emissions. This is in line the Kyoto Protocol, an international environmental treaty of 1992 which aimed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas to combat global warming.

On this basis, I believe that choosing CMM gas as alternative energy will gain public support.

Answer 8

The most promising thing today is using solar energy to convert water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen is then used to heat homes and power cars.

Answer 9

Tidal Power

Answer 10

Hydrogen