Renewable Energy

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Yes, it exists?

Which would be the most likely form of energy you would use with all the high gas and energy prices. What are your advanatages and disadvantages.

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I heat my home with wood now. A high efficiency woodstove with low particle emissions. If a dead tree rots in the woods it still releases a similar amount of CO2 into the air just like burning. But this CO2 was taken out of the air by the tree to begin with. Other plants and trees will use the released CO2. Problem with fossil fuels is they release trapped CO2 that will probably never get used. I will also soon be using solar panels to power DC lighting in my home.

I keep seeing articles saying we have to go to renewable energy sourses and soon. What options do we have. Hydro power is being used and has nearly reachedits limit. Wind power so far has not proven it's worth. It takes a huge number of wind turbines to even begin to make a dent in consumption of fossil fuels. The same with solar power. It would take a vast amount of solar cell panels just to power one factory. Bio fuels such as Bio diesel and alcohal use up a vast amount of crop land that will soon be needed to feed the growing population. Hydrogen has potential but so far it takes more energy to produce it than the energy it provides. Fusion nucular may be the best answer in the long run if it ever becomes possible to build fusion reactors that donot take outside energy to run them. Fision reactors create a vast amount of dangerous wste that will last far too long. Any one know of any alternative that can bee viable? Thanks to you all for answering so far. There are ideas there that I have not explored very well so I will get at reading and see how they fit in. I know many things have to be done and I do hope it happens soon. Neucular for the time baing seems the only way out until something better comes along later. Thanks

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You're quite right about renewables, they simply aren't an option. See the link below for more details. However fission is perfectly viable right now. Fission reactors don't create "vast" amounts of dangerous waste, in fact they create far smaller amounts of dangerous waste than any other energy production system. The amount of waste material produced by a fission plant that you wouldn't handle with your bare hands is only a few tonnes over a 30 year lifespan. That isn't a lot. The real problem is that most people have no idea what radioactivity is or what the real risks are of it. That ignorance is encouraged by groups such as Greenpeace. The fact is that over its lifespan a nuclear power plant produces far less radioactive material than a coal or solar power plant. Nonetheless people like you think that fission produces "vast" amounts of waste.

im trying to get my parents to get solar panels. i was wondering if anyone new what kind of things you can get them to power and if you had any other good sources of renewable energy to use at home?

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You can power anything with them as long as you use an inverter . An " inverter " steps up the voltage from 12 volt dc to 110 volt ac . It takes allot of power to run things like your refrigerator so you would need allot of battery's and allot of panels which are not cheap . I build my own panels from recycled cells i get cheap takes a wile to build but my savings in light bill are well worth it . I have a few pics in my blog in my 360 that will give you an idea how to do it cheap and its kind of fun more like a hobby if you have nothing els to do.