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2007-03-25 01:24:47 · 4 answers · asked by metinbest 1 in Environment

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with new thinking

2007-03-25 01:30:37 · answer #1 · answered by Jo Blo 6 · 0 0

I don't think we will make 'new' sources of energy, rather we will use what we have more efficiently, and commercialize things such as solar power, more nuclear power, perhaps in the next 50 years, get fusion to work on a commercial scale, etc. There may be some quantum mechanical twist that can be tapped to extract energy from the universe, (neutrinos from the sun are very abundant, but not reachable). We are better at extracting the available energy from our fossil and nuclear sources now than we were even 10 years ago - and home and industrial users are more efficient today than they were in the past...

2007-03-25 01:54:15 · answer #2 · answered by Steve E 4 · 0 0

In the known universe, there is fundamentally only one source of energy: nuclear fusion, the kind of reaction which powers the stars in our galaxy. In a fusion reaction, matter is destroyed, producing energy, following Albert Einstein's famous E=mC**2 formula. All other forms of energy - even the heat in the Earth's core - are ultimately derived from this source. Therefore, unless we uncover some previously unknown source of energy in the universe (not entirely impossible), we can NOT make new sources of energy!

What we can do, however, is learn to better harness the known sources of energy. Scientists are working intensely to develop solar panels that can more efficiently convert radiated energy from the Sun into electricity, windmills that can capture wind energy, batteries that can store electricity more efficiently, nuclear power plants that are immune to meltdown, and even devices that can penetrate the Earth's crust and capture the vast amounts of energy stored in its core.

Such sources need to be further developed - and quickly - since the environmental damage caused by our continued burning of petrochemicals may prove irreversible as our population continues to grow.

2007-03-25 01:50:59 · answer #3 · answered by Blues Harp 1 · 0 0

use man made pollution as the source or repeal einteins theory

2007-03-25 02:46:56 · answer #4 · answered by fuufingf 5 · 0 0

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