What is the best form of energy and why?

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(ie: fusion, solar, nuclear, etc.)

Totally opinion...

I also just saw a show on the science channel, they introduced a new type of power plant that is about the size of a solar plant but uses the sun to heat air under large panes of glass that then travels through a series of turbines in a large tower. What do you think about something like that? In my opinion it wouldn't provide as much energy as other types of power plants half its size.

(by the way I'm talking about electrical power, some people can't seem to figure that out).

Answer 1

Geothermal is a contender for "best" source of energy.
It's cheap, renewable, carbon neutral, and is 100 GW of potential in the US that is not being harnessed. Some people are trying to cut funding for research, but there are world renowned professors who say it's one of the best energy sources.

Biomass is another viable contender for "best" source of energy. Biomass includes waste from agriculture, construction, forestry, domestic refuse, etc. It is derived from photosynthesis so it is solar energy. It is very inexpensive, very plentiful, renewable, carbon neutral, and when used properly it is clean burning. It is cost-competitive with coal or close to it, especially when you start regulating pollutants like mercury and CO2. Recently, some coal fired power-plants have been successfully converted to wood-chips.

Answer 2

Best Form Of Energy

Answer 3

fusion (thermonuclear) will be when/if they figure out how, because it creates extremely large amounts of energy and creates waste that is harmless after a couple days, plus no co2 created.

Next fission (nuclear), large amount of energy produced no co2 again, and the waste is less radioactive than the ore it came from after a couple hundred years. No western designed reactor has ever had a serious accident, and nuclear plants in the west remain very safe.

Then solar,wind, hydroelectric- which are completely clean, safe, and produce no co2, but produce little energy and are less cost effective.

Answer 4

Neither of these are 'forms' of energy. Sources of energy might have been the term to use. Given ample sunshine then solar is the best source since other than the pollutants produced in manufacturing solar equipment it is clean.

Fusion is a source of nuclear energy as is fission.

Yes physics can be precise...sorry but it has to be.

Answer 5

Hi friend.I have just gone thru some of the answers u got,i am really surprised how peoples are saying fusion is more powerful. But according thoery fission is more powerful and the answer for ur question 'best form of energy' without any harmful is solar energy which when properly used.

Answer 6

In terms of economics with present technology, nuclear. Fusion isn't yet doable, and wind and solar are too expensive. Hydro is cheapest overall, but hydro sites are pretty much built out. Factoid: electricity sales from the Grand Coulee dam brings in over $500,000,000 every year to the US Treasury.

Answer 7

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True. Light, electricity, sound, are also forms of energy.

Answer 8

fusion is the best because it is cheap (fuel is water) and powerful (like the sun), and leaves no waste(pollution). Nuclear can be dangerous and lots of radioactive waste. solar needs huge solar panel and is weak.

Answer 9

Hi. Hydroelectric. Clean and renewable.

Answer 10

solar is the best, and most efficient, but the equipment needed to use it has not been developed sufficiently to allow a total conversion.