Wednesday, February 27, 2013

A Global Energy Shift - Part Two


            Wind energy is a very fast growing section of the renewable energy it produces no emissions and the wind is free so you have very little running cost the down fall many people say is that they are ugly and they kill birds and bats but studies show that more birds die from cars high rise building and power lines but when there's now wind you're not producing any energy.

            Hydropower is collected what you have water fall into a turbine making it spin and that spins the generator creating energy for people to use.
Wave power is when people use the surface waves of the ocean to create energy by letting it flow in and the wind of the waves flows up and spins a turbine, wave power is still in the making because it is so hard to capture.

            Biomass is the remains of plants and animals being converted to biofuel, biodiesel, and methane through three different processes. Thermal conversion, Chemical conversion, Biochemical conversion.

            Right now the government is just making requirements for car and truck MPG to try to make us use less oil. Here are some cars under $30,000 that get better than 30 mpg Honda Insight Hybrid, Toyota Prius Hybrid, Honda Civic Hybrid, Chevy Malibu Hybrid, Toyota Camry Hybrid, Saturn Aura Hybrid, Nissan Altima Hybrid, Ford Fusion Hybrid, Mercury Milan Hybrid, Saturn Vue Hybrid.

            Renewable energy is obviously going to be a big part of the future when fossil fuel sources are depleted. It will take a lot of new infrastructure to accommodate these new power sources but they will last us many, many years. As a bonus, they will not produce any, or very little, waste. This is unlike gasoline, or coal, or nuclear energy that are all extremely bad for the environment. Renewable energy is going to be an important part of the future and it is important that we designate more of our efforts to creating infrastructures and generators that support it. (330)

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