5 Responses to “What Do You Think Is The Answer To Our Alternative Energy Question?”

1. Speedy says:

   February 16, 2010 at 11:25 am

   You are also forgetting hydropower which can be used to create electricity. You will find that a lot of technologies have existed but never commercially been sold, why, because companies will never make money out of it. There is a cure for the common cold, but they won’t sell it to us. More money is made from people buying all of these cold remedies. Someone invented the lightbulb that will last forever, but that would mean less lightbulb sales. Another person made a car that could do 500 mpg using a motorbike engine, but they stopped production of that, petrol would become less in demand and so a lot cheaper.
   We cannot harness all of our energy from wind and solar power. We can however, use magnets to generate electricity. In China, a man called Shenhe Wang has built a generator the size of roughly a head which generates a 5kw capacity. It uses magnets and so does not need any fuel. Now, a chinese consortium has been buying coal and nuclear powerstations to put in these generators, since they are very small, thousands of them can be put into these power stations.
2. hipp5 says:

   February 16, 2010 at 11:58 am

   Ethanol is NOT the answer. The world’s cropland is maxed out. The only place to expand is the Amazon rain forest. Increases in ethanol production will dictate the destruction of the rain forest.
   Solar is probably our best bet (although, not the $200 kits suggested by another poster). Hydro is maxed out and is quite damaging to the environment. Wind is limited in its application. Solar can be deployed pretty much anywhere and the sun is effectively unlimited. The big issue is energy storage for night. As hydrogen technology develops I suspect it will become our battery.
3. Am I Pretty Duh! says:

   February 16, 2010 at 12:24 pm

   Solar energy is one of the easiest and constant sources of energy. Some people may think that this technology is expensive and difficult to create. Well, it used to be so a few years ago; but thanks to recent advance in technology, it has become very easy and cheap to create. The power of the sun is constant. It is always there unless it is nighttime or raining. But for most of the year, it is right up there in the sky. Learning how to build home solar panels seems to be a logical solution to our energy problems.
   There are a lot of plans sold on the Internet about how to build home solar panels. They are indeed cheap and easy to construct. You do not need any fancy materials or tools. In fact, the whole project will cost you just $200 for the whole system. You will not need to buy expensive parts and tools. You can purchase them at any local hardware store. The instructions are also easy to follow. You do not need to be a rocket scientist to figure them out. All you need is some common sense. Once you have learned how to build home solar panels, the next set of panels you are going to build will be much easier.
   The world is rapidly changing. The recent global economic meltdown and global warming are forcing us to adapt rapidly. Learning how to build home solar panels is good way for us to adapt with the times.
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4. Investing Bob says:

   February 16, 2010 at 1:15 pm

   Is Ethanol the answer? Perhaps but not from corn. It is going to have to come from a plant not yet fully developed.
   Can we possibly harness wind and solar power for all our energy sources? No the sun shines 6 hours a day tops enough to generate power. Wind blows off and on.
   Even a car that runs on water. What a scam!
   Hydro has a lot of potential we are not using.
5. Hinkley says:

   February 16, 2010 at 1:54 pm

   Try looking into geothermal energy. Check out http://www.geothermaldistributor.com There are some good articles on there that explain how it works.