The world debates and frets over what to do about energy. Research goes on but in the end it will come down to consumers making choices that help set the course for the market place as to what gets built. Do we get electric cars again? Do houses get built with solar panels on them from the get go. What forms will energy take?
Well one wrioter has posted his thoughts on the top three alternative energy sources. David Marsh writes:
“As each year pass, more and more people come into the world. Sometimes it seems as if the worlds natural sources are no longer enough to accommodate each and everyone. Scientists have a solution for this possible impending problem they came up with alternative energy sources.
1. Hydrogen
Slowly but surely, the hydrogen powered car is becoming popular nowadays. Even celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio promote the use of this earth-friendly contraption. Hydrogens energy is perpetual in motion because it is an energy carrier. Its pretty much like a battery.
Most electricity comes from fossil fuels that are found in plants. But if you get hydrogen using fossil fuels and stack up on the energy source, then you are utilizing renewable energy, making hydrogen from water via electrolysis. Picture this the wind is blowing and 4 units of its energy amounts to 1 unit of hydrogen energy.
2. Solar
We dont have to look too far in giving an example of a contraption that uses solar energy. A solar calculator just needs light in order for it to function.
3. Nuclear
For commercially produced energy, businessmen turn to nuclear power. It is released from nucleus. This is the reaction thru the solar fusion where atomic particles are fused together. It is also derived from fission wherein binding forces break and form an atoms nucleus.”
Do you agree with his assessment? Well I don’t. We need some of the energy production decisions to be made down at the grass roots level. That means consumers taking some of the responsibilty for implementing current solutions into their daily lives so that when the greater decisions come about (should we do large scale solar, hydrogen cars, or for heavens sake nuclear) we are better informed and active in the energy solution to our own lives.
