I am doing a powerpoint about alternative energies. I need to know whether or not to go with hydroelectric, windmills, or something else. Please help. Today I found out that… As I drive i10 (from Texas to New Mexico) I see the huge windmills. McCamey, Texas claims to be the wind capital of Texas. I also read somewhere that the United States Air Force was the largest purchaser of air power. I have seen a BMW commercial recently for a hydrogen powered car. I wonder about the safety issues using that hydrogen. However, it does burn clean. I recently saw Solar cells for sell that could recharge your cell phone and started to wonder why solar cells weren't used (at least for partial power) in the new hybrid cars (Toyota Prius, Honda Civic, etc. ) that are so popular. I would look at all three for expense and safety issues (whatever else your criteria might be) and then you have to decide for your self. Good luck with your presentation.

Energies and environmental damage caused by big businesses.

. Do you know what I found? Hybrid cars can be made in a number of ways. Most commonly they are gas/electric hybrids. Gasoline in the US is mixed with 10% ethanol: a biofuel that is considered an option energy source. But it is possible to use a diesel engine to make a hybrid diesel/electric. In the diesel engine it would be possible to use bio diesel instead of petrochemical diesel. Biodiesel is considered and option energy fuel. Many hybrids make their electricity on board and the vehicle is never plugged in to recharge the batteries. However some of the anticipated models and some conversions will have increased battery sizes that will allow the vehicles to operate not as a hybrid but as a purely electric vehicle for some initial mileage. During that time they will be using electricity from the grid. Grid electricity can be produced in a number of ways. Some of those ways are considered option energy. Although hydroelectricity is a solid portion of our electrical production it is an option to coal, oil and gas, the fossil fuels. Solar power in many different forms is clearly option energy. Some of the ways electricity is produced from solar power are: Power tower parabolic trough solar collector parabolic dish solar collector solar chimney solar pond and solar photovoltaic panels. Some of the new hybrids have solar panels built into the car although this is not considered particularly efficient. While a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle might not normally be considered a hybrid there is some basis for considering it to be a hybrid. In a series hybrid one power sources feeds into another. A gasoline engine that runs a generator that feeds an electric motor and batteries is a series hybrid. By substituting the hydrogen fuel cell for the gasoline engine and adding hydrogen instead of gasoline to produce the electricity we may essentially have the same thing. 95% of current hydrogen is made from oil gas and coal but it can be made from dividing the elements of water. If this were done with solar energy the balance would be an option energy resource if not quite a "fuel. " Another configuration for hybrid vehicles is compressed air/electric or gas or diesel. The compressed air like hydrogen is an energy carrier and not a fuel. But one of the primary ways to store wind energy that has been proposed is compressed air. This compressed air could be used to power a generator (and produce electricity) but it could be used to power a vehicle.

I have to do a survey of at least 25 people for a research paper. I was hoping you could help me by telling me how you feel about alternative fuel solutions such as bio-diesel and hybrid cars? Do you think that conventional fuels such as fossil fuels and nuclear material make a significant impact on the environment? Do you think that alternative fuels help? Why? Why not? Thank you. Today I found out that… Think that petroleum is bad for the environment, but the bigger problem is how we use land. Compare new york city where nobody owns a car because there's a subway on every street and nowhere to park. Compare that to suburban wal-mart anywhere, where you absolutely need a car just to get around decently. See the problem, when your build your towns all spread out, walking doesn't work, transit doesn't work, etc. So you are stuck driving ..