Sandy asks…
ReNEWABLE ENERGY BASICS?
wHAT ARE THE DEF. OF SOLAR,HYDROPOWER,WIND, GEOTHERMAL AND BIOMASS ENERGY?WHAT R SOME EXAMPLES,ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF THESE ENERGYS.
LIST THOSE ENERGY SOURCES THAT R FOSSIL FUELS,WHAT MAIN ADVANTAGES DO FOSSIL FUELS HAVE OVER THE RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES,WHAT R 2 MAIN DISADVANTAGES OF FOSSIL FUELS COMPARED TO RENEWABLE ENERGY?
The Expert answers:
Next time turn Caps Lock off please. 🙁
Solar Energy-Energy from the sun-solar power is renewable- costly to install
Hydropower-Energy produced by falling water inespensive, water is renewable, and produces little pollution-destroys forests an wildlife
Wind Energy-Energy produced by the wind-renewable, windmills take up little space-only certain places have enough wind
Geothermal Energy-energy from heat in the Earth’s crust-produces little pollution-only possible in a few places
Biomass-organic matter that contains stored energy-plant material can be changed into liquid fuel-needs a lot of land
Fossil Fuels(these are just a few)-petroleum, natrual gas, coal
David asks…
what do u want to do to conserve the energy resources on earth?
Apart from switiching off the lights etc. I want to know about some other ideas that u’d have to conserve energy ..for example …an efficient way to use a renewable souce of energy ? … If u can find the information to this in some other website…plz let me know along with the name of the website… My topic is basically ” The nature and money efficient ways of conserving energy” … thanks .
The Expert answers:
By consciously using the non-renewable energy resources
Paul asks…
What do you make of the new study finding that 31 states could be self-reliant with renewable energy?
A new report from the New Rules Project finds that over 60% of all U.S. states have the renewable energy resources to be “energy self-reliant.”
For example, North Dakota could provide 14,000% of its energy needs with wind alone. 19 states could provide more than their total energy needs with just onshore wind (see page 13). A further 6 states could provide more energy than they need with offshore wind. Alaska could provide for all its energy needs with just conventional geothermal. Almost every state could provide all of its energy needs with enhanced geothermal, although this technology is excluded because it’s not yet mature enough.
Combined, 31 states could be self-sufficient using only current renewable energy technology (see page 23). 11 states could provide over 10 times more energy from renewable sources than they need.
The study also finds that most states could reduce their energy needs by 50-75% by meeting California’s energy efficiency (page 25).
http://www.newrules.org/sites/newrules.org/files/ESRS.pdf
Interesting stuff. What are your thoughts on this study?
Rio, I suggest you look up the definition of the term “literally”. I also suggest you provide relevant answers which don’t contain baseless bashing of the best state in the country.
The Expert answers:
The study also finds that most states could reduce their energy needs by 50-75% by meeting California’s energy efficiency.
That’s the most important part… If we start building all new structures to be net-zero energy and bring everything else up to speed, the cost of the alternative systems would be greatly reduced by the smaller capacity needed.
As a green builder of net-zero energy homes, I have people waiting in line while other builders are going out of business building the same old cheap crap!
Robert asks…
different energy?
what are some examples of nonrenewable energy resources and renewable energy resources?
The Expert answers:
Primary Non Renewable
Fossil Fuels
Coal
Petroleum
Natural Gas
Non Fossil Fuel
Non-Breeder Nuclear Technology
Primary Renewable
Ethanol
Biomass Methane Conversion
Hydroelectric
Tide Power
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)
Solar Energy
Photovoltaic
Solar Thermal Conversion
Geothermal
WindPower
Animal Power
Breeder Reactor Technology
and my favorite renewable energy source:
Energy Conservation and Efficiency
Michael asks…
need help with this please help me?
An example of something that comes from nature that people use.
What is a human resource?
What is a natural resource?
What is a capital resource?
None of the above
Tiny roundworm commonly found in grassland soils that help provide nutrients and mixing of soil to keep it healthy.
What is a nematode?
What is bacteria?
What is a mole?
What is a night-crawler?
Hydropower, wind energy, solar power, geothermal, biofuels and hydrogen.
What are examples of renewable energy resources?
What are examples of capital resources?
What are examples of nonrenewable energy resources?
What are examples of fossil fuels?
May contain approximately 68 percent of all undiscovered oil and 74 percent of undiscovered natural gas reserves in the United States.
What are urban areas?
What are national parks?
What are federal lands?
What are capital resources?
Gave the National Park Service the authority in 1973 to use restoration as a conservation tool in the recovery process for listed species.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
What is OSHA?
What is the Bureau of Land Management?
What was the Endangered Species Act?
A government agency created in 1916 and given the task of preserving U.S. natural resources so that Americans can enjoy, benefit, and learn from them.
What is the National Park Service?
What is OSHA?
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
What is the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area?
A government program that cleans up polluted areas and makes them safe.
What is OSHA?
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
What is Superfund?
What are the Leave No Trace Principles?
ts scientific name, Canis latrans, means “barking dog” and its ability to exist under extreme conditions is one reason it is now the most widespread mammal in the U.S.
What is the grey wolf?
What is the prairie dog?
What is the domesticate dog?
What is the coyote?
Formed from the remains of tiny organisms that lived in seas and rivers millions of years ago.
What is coal?
What are hydrothermal resources?
What is petroleum?
What are renewable resources?
What the Environmental Protection Agency calls the main ingredient in smog.
What is carbon dioxide?
What are the three R’s?
What is ground-level ozone?
What is carbon monoxide?
The Expert answers:
I have one correction to the above responder who provided the whole list of answers to your questions and a clarification to the one responder regarding nematodes.
Nematodes are, in fact: “Tiny roundworms commonly found in grassland soils that help provide nutrients and mixing of soil to keep it healthy.” (references provided below)
However, a government program that cleans up polluted areas and makes them safe. What is Superfund.
EPA is an agency that implements many different environmental programs. Superfund is one of those programs that focuses specifically on cleaning up contaminated sites.
Http://www.blueberries.msu.edu/nematodes.htm
http://www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/nematodes/index.html
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