Renewable Energy Solutions
Article by Susan
It is not only rising costs of living and carbon taxes that are encouraging us to seek out alternative energy solutions but also population concerns and the fact that we are reliant on fossil fuel and other non-renewable energy.
The majority of the current population relies on energy sources such as oil, natural gas, fossil fuel and coal. The increasing energy consumption leads to the depletion of conventional energy sources as we consume food, fresh water, wood and minerals every day.
There are several countries that are now providing incentives to use renewable energy via tax incentives and subsidies. Currently, just 14 percent of the world?s energy consumption comes from renewable energy sources. But there is great potential for alternative energy and new sources are being discovered frequently.
Alternative energy is often referred to as energy from a source other than the conventional fossil fuel source like oil, natural gas and coal. Several alternative energy sources are solar, wind, biomass, wave and tidal energy.
Energy which comes from a natural source such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides and geothermal heat is renewable. Wind power is growing at the rate of 30% annually and is widely used in Europe, Asia and the United States.
One of the latest discoveries is dirt as incredibly, you can literally make energy from dirt. A team from Harvard led by Hugo Van Vuuren have founded an organisation called Lebônê. They are developing a series of dirt-based fuel cells that are capable of lighting high efficiency LED lamps. Their goal is simple: Light up Africa. This technology could, quite simply, also take its rightful place among our other renewable energy sources and help clean up the world.
The technology is almost zero-maintenance, and even someone with little to no technical knowledge could assemble the components. The simplicity of this has been likened to the experiment of using a potato to generate electricity, a two-step reaction that produces a charge.
With just a small amount of dirt you can produce 0.8V, although 0.8 volts isn?t much, it?s possible to create many cells and link them together to produce more volts. You can then link another group of cells together in a different format and this will increase the aperage.
Alternative and renewable sources of energy are therefore a necessity. Renewable energy is derived from resources that are regenerative or regenerate after consumption and do not generate as many green house gases.
These types of discovery show that we can choose alternative ways finding renewable energy solutions to lessen the negative impact on our environment. Alternative energy sources provide us a choice for a bright and healthy future. It may something be out of the ordinary but it can also be useful.
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How would you like to learn how to make your own dirt battery?. In any sort of environmental disaster, this type of technology could make all the difference in a survival situation. Make the change to be fully self-sufficient TODAY.