i think it is practical!welcome solar energy,nuclear energy,geothermal energy,coal energy,wind energy,hydroelectric systems etc!
203815
I think those things will become increasingly important given the trends in the price of oil. Companies will shift to alternative forms of energy to save money. I don't know that it will stop wars among nations.
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That's pretty cool.\nA combination of both would be OK, too.
617504
As the energy crisis becomes real & collides with the baby-boomer retirement bill the 1st Worlds economy will collapse.  Expect by 2050 to have an 1850 economy.  This is based on nuclear energy being not used & the government not changing the economics of renewable energy from the either dollars out of pocket or out of taxpayers' pockets.\n\nI wouldn't offer up such a scarry prodiction except their is a solution that has been offered to our leaders.  This solution to make Renewable Energy economically viable is based on changing the value of land to subsidize the cost of infrastructure.  Mulholland may have had the technology to bring water to Los Angeles.  The documentary The Cadillac Desert hints at the way to pay for infrastructure.  The movie implies the taxing the areas land paid the bill for bring the water to Los Angeles.  This is only ½ right.  The head of the chamber of commerce, Frank P. Wiggins, marketed Los Angeles worldwide.  By populating the area he upped the quantity of water that would be consumed and increased the value of land.  The increase value of land increased the tax collected.  Renewable Energy infrastructure is so expensive that taxes collected will not be enough to adequately subsidize to cost alone.  To keep our energy bill from skyrocketing sellable spin-off benefits have to be designed in.   The utility has to participate in the increase land value that its design/vision creates.  No new technology is being offered, but if it does come, its not precluded!\n\nBoth governments & both sides of the aisle have been silent on this suggestion.  Well senator Fienstein at least wrote back patting herself on the back for doing exactly what I said in my email would do nothing more than raise the cost of our energy.  Needless to say she didn't answer that email.  Renewable Energy's infrastructure cost more than can be paid for at our present cost of energy with a return on investment for the entrepreneur.
278477
Yes....do it on alternative energy sources
309322
The earth teaches us many things.\nShe was designed by God thusly, and was brought into being just so that you could wonder that very thing.  Imagine how compressed everything is at the centre of the Earth, although I'm not sure why you think geo-thermal energy is bad.  It's the most excellent source of untapped energy in the world.  Look up how the people of Iceland heat their homes.  You'd be surprized.  Do you think Iceland is hell?  No need to go THAT far!  The earthly realm is but a veil.
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If "experts" were correct in that renewable energy sources could be devloped by just spending the money I would argue that energy companies would be pouring money into these programs because they're the ones with the most to gain.\n\nOf course your line of argument is absurd, thinking that simply spending money on something automatically solves the problem ignores the science behind the problem you're referring to, but promoting throwing money at things not proven to work is certainly something expected from a wacko liberal like you. No offense.
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In Richard Feynman's book "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman" he listed a number of uses for nuclear power. Everything from generating electricty to nuclear powered aircraft.
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insted of generating energy it would produce APPLES!!!!!!\nHEHEHEHEHE
505275
This is shocking. I don't know if I should; your teacher should see this the way it is. Oh well . . . \n\n\nThere are some opposing assertions here. \nThey deride my opinion because they are saying it is too pessimistic, and that humankind will not be ruined. Their claims are like these: \nWe are in the middle of a growth period, and if technology is to advance, solar energy must be substituted for coal and oil energy so that pollution can be decreased, and we finally find the way to live together with nature. \nAs we were in the previous industrial-revolution era in Britain, we are in a time of transition; even though it seems bad, it's just a 'standing on tiptoe'. \nScience technology must lead us to the ideal society.\n\n\n\n\n***This is STILL terrible, I'm not going to re-write the whole thing. Plus they will know this is not your work. Get a tutor, quick.
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One of the realities of the energy debate is that it really does take a portfolio of technologies.  Nuclear clearly has a part to play, as does wind, solar and other renewables.  Coal certainly isn't going away anytime soon either.  \nThere simply aren't enough resources to cost effectively build just one kind of power generation plant for all the world's needs.\nthe National Renewable Energy Laboratory has some great discussions about this if you're interested enough to find them.
263774
lets just start using hydrogen and solar energy....
202923
That's a perfectly reasonable experiment.  It addresses issues of solubility and phase equilibria.  As long as the project is done in a logical manner (i.e. following the scientific method), it should be a good project.
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Against.\n\nThey just blew up the old power plant near me (in Oregon), and that one was only running for, like, 20 years.  I don't think we have a high demand for energy in this state, so I would be against, since it would be pointless.\n\nWe get our power from dams...the ONLY clean power. (Okay, wind too, but that doesn't count.)
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Nuclear Engineering is by far the way to go.  The demand for nuclear energy is projected to greatly increase in the next ten years.  With countries such as China planning to invest over $50 billion over this same time period the U.S. will have no choice but to begin to follow this trend.  Companies like Westinghouse are designing the next generation power plants and already have a new design passed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.  Our dependence on fossil fuel is too great and nuclear power is the next huge industry.
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I agree. for 10 pints.\nevery country can have this energy in good way.\ni think that iran wants that for producing electricity and other kind of energy.
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Probably not the ultimate answer, but down the road a generation or two, they might look at it as a band-aid approach we used to get us by an energy crisis.\nIt is pretty well documented that usually brilliant discoveries come about when they are looking for one thing and find something else.\nSo, even in India, I doubt that nuclear power is going to be the ultimate solution.
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A method for making really cheap solarcells from sand and a way to transport the elctricity the generate without any loss. The amount of energy that falls on the Sahara during a year could cover the worlds entire energy needs 50 times over even using standard photocells that convert only a few percent of the light to electricity. With such an abundant and cheap energy source we could replace ALL other energysources as electricity can be converted to any other form of energy and fuel. We could even keep gasoline cars because gasoline could be manufactured from CO2 (from the air) and hydrogen (from water). There would be alot less pollution if I could invent these things.