I wouldn't suggest we not use wind farms at all, but I've got to wonder how many wind farms and solar panels it would take to replace the energy potential of the oil we will no longer be drilling for off the Pacific Coast.
Sure, we can be come more efficient and supplement energy needs with...
Well I though I've heard the goal is to have wind farms stretching from the Canadian border down to Texas. So pretty much or more or less cutting a line down the middle of the US.
I hadn't though of buildings affecting wind patterns, but its a valid point. Though I'd counter the blades of the...
Not 100% certain this is the best place to ask this question, though I've asked questions here before, and there seems to be some smart and helpful people here.
I was pondering wind farms and thinking about T. Boone Pickens' idea of huge expansive wind farms to generate energy. Apparently the...
No, I'm not suggesting its about a choice of one over the other. We'd want to use all sources we have available to us.
I'm just saying it will always 'cost' energy to produce energy. And there's no way around that. Whether its solar, wind or oil.
Electric cars seem like a great idea. But...
Thanks for the definitions. That helps (as well as the others that have posted)
Really what I'm trying to say/do/theorize is debunking the idea that somehow a renewable energy source exists. Given the laws of physics, I don't really think there is one.
Non depletable perhaps but reliable and abundant enough to power America, with an electrical car in 2 out of every 3 garages let's say?
Sure wind/solar/geothermal/tidal could supplement, and through conservation & recycling we can do better but my principal argument is this:
The laws of...
Ok, well perhaps my use of a 9 volt battery was a bad one, but it sounds like the 2nd law of thermodynamics is closest to the point I'm trying to make.
It will always take more than 9 'units' of energy to store 9 'units' of energy.
Would that be a true statement?
More to my point I'm wishing...
I have a question that relates to energy, and then a follow up question if my first premise is true. As I understand the Conservation of Energy theory, it takes more energy to produce a certain amount of energy. Ok that is a rough explanation by an unlearned student of physics, but here is my...