other than oil..what other alternative energy do we have?

Answer 1

First of all, there's solar energy, the most available and most massively underused source of energy on the plantet. And wind, which in my area blows almost every day. There's geothermal energy, used mainly in Iceland as an everyday energy source. There have been proposals to use wave energy, and we use hydroelectric power already, and have for many decades. In a more esoteric vein, there are hydrogen fuel cells and other highly technological sources I don't know about but which are likely in the works. But the sources listed above are here now; they are freely available and only require the imagination and will to use them. Isn't it time we started?

Answer 2

Solar, Nuclear, Coal, Natural Gas, Hydrogen, Helium, hydro-electricity.

Oil is the most common and one of the most accessible for all uses. The discovery/invention of a cheap, easily accessible new form of energy that can be applied to transportation, power production and home use would be history making. If the Hydrogen fuel cell is developed and becomes usable in all of these areas Oil will not be the economical/political catalyst it is currently. Water will be.

Answer 3

Wind, they have "wind farms" in lots of places, and even use windmills in the city! There is solar energy, using solar panels to produce energy and the heat from the sun to heat water for heat and hot water. Water can be harnessed to create energy, hydro electric plants have been around for years, Methane gas can be retrieved from animal waste to create energy. There are probably alot of other choices as well!

Answer 4

Solar energy. Nuclear energy. Hydroelectric (water turbines, dams) energy. Wind energy. Hydrogen fuel cells. Chemical energy (batteries).

Answer 5

Ethanol is a very inexpensive alternative to oil and is very eco-friendly. But solar, wind and water are good too.

Answer 6

Solar and its ancillary byproducts:
wind
ocean waves
ocean thermal gradients

Nuclear, still

All others currently contemplated, such as hydrogen and biofuels, require some other form of energy to produce the "fuel." As such, they are substantially less efficient, since there are energy losses in the process.

Answer 7

Natural gas and nuclear. Solar, wind and ethanol are too expensive to generate electricity, they require massive subsidies from the federal government to be economically viable.

Answer 8

Solar Energy
Bio Diesel
Wind Energy
Water after removing O2 so we ll get H2
Plasma
All are renewable sources so we should not worry about all of these
Good luck

Answer 9

well for one the sun. Corn oil. Alcohol. hydrogen power. heck i got a go kart that ran on coconut oil

Answer 10

the sun