Alternative Energy Continued........

What are the advantages of alternative energy?

To be honest there are so many advantages.For one the amount of pollution would drop drastically. Now i'm not saying that it would happen over night but over a very short period of time things would improve more than you can imagine.

Now here is something about wind power that i found and i thought it was very interesting:

Wind power is another alternative energy source that could be used without producing by-products that are harmful to nature. Like solar power, harnessing the wind is highly dependent upon weather and location. The average wind velocity of Earth is around 9 m/sec. And the power that could be produced when a wind mill is facing the wind of 10 mi/hr. is around 50 watts.1

Now what is one thing that's pretty much always there? Air...Wind and if it were cleaner then it would flow more freely. Harnessing the power of the air we breathe could not only benefit us as a whole, but would reduce the cost of what the average consumer dishes out every month in utility bills.

How does it work?

The fins of a windmill rotate in a vertical plane which is kept perpendicular to the wind by means of a tail fin. As wind flow crosses the blades of the windmill, it is forced to rotate and can be used to generate electricity. Another type of wind power generator is the two hollow half-drum-type wind collectors. This wind collector rotates in a single vertical axis, making this device independent of the wind direction, which may generate more electricity.

In other words..the more it spins, more energy, more power, less expense.

Now solar energy:

Solar energy is one the most resourceful sources of energy for the future. One of the reasons for this is that the total energy we recieve each year from the sun is around 35,000 times the total energy used by man. However, about 1/3 of this energy is either absorbed by the outer atmosphere or reflected back into space (a process called albedo)1.
Solar energy is presently being used on a smaller scale in furnaces for homes and to heat up swimming pools. On a larger scale use, solar energy could be used to run cars, power plants, and space ships.

Interesting right? This is something that has been in use for quite some time.The average consumer really had no idea that this is and has been in the works to eventually replace our dependency on foreign energy sources.
Now i'm sure some of you have seen these panels on roofs and you think "AHH what an eye soar", but the people that have these installed are truely the lucky ones. I guarantee if these panels are active their energy cost is very little or non-existent. Right now as you're reading this more and more people are having panels installed...some are even living solely on the power stored from their panels.
It's something to really think about.....

Now Geothermal Energy:

Geothermal energy is an alternative energy source, although it is not resourceful enough to replace more than a minor amount of the future's energy needs. Geothermal energy is obtained from the internal heat of the planet and can be used to generate steam to run a steam turbine. This in turn generates electricity, which is a very useful form of energy.

The radius of the Earth is about 4000 miles, with an internal core temperature of about 4000 degrees celsius at the center. The mantle surrounds the outercore and is only about 45 miles below the surface, depending on location. The temperature at the mantle-surface crust boundary is about 375 degrees, celsius. (This is too deep to get to...as of today)

Something that is still in the works so to speak, but also a good resource.

Tidal Power:

Even the power of the tides can be harnessed to produce electricity.
Similar to the more conventional hydroelectric dams, the tidal process utilizes the natural motion of the tides to fill reservoirs, which are then slowly discharged through electricity-producing turbines. The former USSR produced 300 MW in its Lumkara plant using this method.

One Of My Favorites Outside Of Solar and Wind Is Hydroelectricity:

Hydroelectricity comes from the damming of rivers and utilizing the potential energy stored in the water. As the water stored behind a dam is released at high pressure, its kinetic energy is transferred onto turbine blades and used to generate electricity. This system has enormous costs up front, but has relatively low maintenance costs and provides power quite cheaply. In the United States approximately 180,000 MW of hydroelectric power potential is available, and about a third of that is currently being harnessed.

With a world made up of mostly water,who can say it's not a good idea..


Our children are inheriting the Earth, the same as we all do. With each generation it is important you make things better and fix what's broken. Yes, we have a lot of work to do, but if we all work together over time we can return Earth to it's glory.