Mandy asks…
Is this the most ingenious alternative energy source yet discovered?
Its poop! How amazing that this could be the wave of the future. A totally renewable energy source!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/oukoe_uk_usa_energy_excrement_odd
The Expert answers:
The total amount of available feces could provide about 10% of current fossil fuel usage. But we would have to devise ways to get plant nutrients out of the feces and back to the fields that grow the food that made those feces. The soil would quickly die and with it our ability to produce the food without this return to the land.
We can get most of the plant nutrients out by just washing the feces, and returning the water back to the soil. This is already done. So the next step is taking the solid residue for energy production.
This still leaves us a need to produce the other 90% of our energy usage., but 10% is better than nothing, as long as we preserve our ability to grow crops to feed ourselves.
Paul asks…
How do the democrats and the repbulicans differ about solar power and other alternative energy?
I’d like a source like a .org, CNN, reliable news source, ect. please!
The Expert answers:
I disagree with Bonzi to say the least. Sen Obama’s plan to tax oil companies will only increase our dependence of imported oil. This action will i no way benefit the consumer. Just the government, the suppliers will simply raise prices to cover the difference so there will be no “upside” to the end users. By increasing internal production we will influence the markets and prices will decrease as a result of a greater supply. Simple economics really. The US should invest in an upgraded power distribution network(the grid) and also in just about any domestic fuels. Nuclear, wind, solar, coal and oil. Nuclear in my opinion is the short term answer as is the plan put forth by T B Pickens. Nothing should be overlooked as a path to the future. As to the difference between D’s and R’s I see none really. Each party is owned by one “special interest” or another. Letting oil companies drill without oversight is not the answer but then again not allowing drilling and being held hostage by extreme environmentalists is not acceptable either.
William asks…
Is alternative energy really the way forward or would it be better to build more nuclear plants like France?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-14847610
q 11/49
The Expert answers:
I firmly believe the best way for us in the UK is to have our Government build,secure, own and run any/all Nuclear plants.
A highly paid staff of scientific experts could work in the publicly owned plants and implement the strictest of guidelines to ensure that all plants were safe and well run; that is in my opinion all that would be necessary for the UK to be fully independent of outside pressure for energy.
This method would be our only safe way to operate because all private firms would inevitably be forever pushing the safety boundaries to gain extra profits… It is their way unfortunately, profit has to rise year on year or the investors withdraw and leave the plant bereft of safety and funding, making yet another mess for the public to fix when in fact the public purse could have invested in the very beginning and all could be well safe.
Well designed modern nuclear is safe in the hands of experts firewalled from political dogma and government alone.
Mark asks…
How can the use of alternative sources of energy be encouraged?
“US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that his administration will hand out nearly $2 billion (£1.3bn) for new solar plants that will create thousands of jobs and increase the use of renewable energy sources.”
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/index.php/news/content/view/full/92353
The Expert answers:
Yes anything that reduces western democracys dependency on oil should be encouraged
Donald asks…
Have you heard about Moore’s Law in relation to alternative energy products?
Moore’s Law is the law which states that the number of transistors which can fit on a microchip doubles about every six months. This is why computers have improved so dramatically in the last twenty years. German technology company Siemens stated in a recent press release that Moore’s Law seems to apply to Solar Technologies as well, and that modern day solar panels are at a comparative stage of development to an old fashioned Apple IIe that many Gen-X-ers learned to type on in elementary school.
If this statement proves to be true, and if solar technology does make such tremendous advances, what kinds of laws will have to be put into place to prevent Conservative vandals from destroying solar installations just because they’ve been trained by FOX News propaganda to hate alternative energy? Do you believe existing laws against vandalism will suffice or do you believe the interstate commerce statutes that apply to power lines should also apply to solar installations owned by individual homeowners?
@ John D – if those homeowners are living off the grid there would be no way to apply those laws but if the homeowners are connected to the electrical grid in an area where net-metering is permitted then that grid connection would make those laws applicable.
The Expert answers:
Keep drearming
even if the Earth lasts another 6000 years there will never be a replacement for good old oil and coal
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