If instead of building any new coal, nueclear or any kind of dangerous or dirty power plants, we'd build...
(1)offshore wind off the coasts
(2)wave power off the coasts,
(3)geothermal by yellowstone and elsewhere where it's possible,
(4)solar power in the south, southwest, and southern west coast,
(5)biofuel in the farm belt,
(6)organic waste bacteria digestor power plants to replace sewage treatment plants, and on farms(they use sewage, manuer and plant and animal waste from farms),
(7)landfill gas power plants,
(8)phasing out the production incandencent lightbulbs
(9)steadily increasing fuel efficenty standerds,
(10)by giving subsidies for people to buy energy efficent and enviromentally freindly home appliences, heating, and insulation
phasing out the old dirty power we currently use as quickly as building capaciety surpasses "new energy" requirements.
2007-03-25 18:51:00 · 1 answers · asked by Stan S 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Getting these technologies used is an engineering problem of sorts, maybe a bit of political engineering, or social engineering, all I know is if it can be done without harming people or subverting peoples free will and if it saves the world why the heck not?!?!?
2007-03-26 12:12:00 · update #1
Your question is more a question of economics rather of engineering in the sense that the technology needed to do the things you suggest exist today but most probably not be used as much as you may want them to be because of the existing situation of global economics.
2007-03-25 19:34:56 · answer #1 · answered by kabitenyong kapampangan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋