President Obama‘s new economic stimulus bill has made allocation for relevant energy matters. Peoria, Georgia and Long Beach will be using Fed funds for their energy related projects. But, cities like San Francisco decided to use biodiesel which is more environmental friendly. What is more, they have begun to collect their very own biodiesel sources! Recycling oil and grease to produce biodiesel is a good idea. With such efforts, they will not be relying on Fed funds for their energy sources. For further information, refer to http://www.renewableenergytoday.org
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Environmental effects of wind energy
Posted 7th-March-2009 at 04:32 PM by gina
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- What are the environmental effects of using wind energy? Well, wind power does not need any fuel for its operation! Just use the wind, natural source to generate wind power. What about emissions due to operation of wind power? Unlike some other sources, wind power operation does not pollute the environment with carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, mercury, or any other type of air pollution. It is environmental friendly!
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"Unlike some other sources, wind power operation does not pollute the environment with carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, mercury, or any other type of air pollution. It is environmental friendly!"
Actually, I believe it takes several years of operation before a wind turbine pays back it's emissions debt, in terms of the emissions from it's manufacture (embodied energy).
Then you have the added impacts on landscape (including CO2 savings from displaced flora), the station that they connect to, and the wiring necessary to join them up.
Also you have the additional problems of too much or too little power. Too much wind, you have to export excess electricity (not easy). Too little, you have to import at additional cost. I believe Germany also experienced a serious power outage when it got too windy, the excess generation significantly disrupted supply.
Wind turbines are good for individual rural homes, but it is incredibly difficult to implement them for mass usage. This is why they are not used, and has nothing whatsoever to do with fossil fuels companies retaining profits!Posted 8th-March-2009 at 01:16 PM by Metyu
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Just try searching for this blog by the name "Why to pay-- Why not to pay" This guy provides real good info on how a proper climate change mitigation strategy should work in terms of sharing responsibility....Posted 12th-December-2009 at 06:25 PM by ankurch.iitd
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I also read about turbines that go under the ocean and the waves rotate them to generate energy. All of those that are concerned with the wind turbines lack of "aesthetic value" won't be able to complain about these ones.
FourGreenSteps.com - Making a difference one step at a timePosted 8th-February-2010 at 06:48 PM by Earthgirld539
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Someone needs to be paid
I think the fact that wind energy is pretty much free and in short no government agency is paying for it or swaping cash - it will never be a major success.
What I'm saying in short that if someones pockets isn't being lined - then there is no reason for the powers that be to push it. . .
Something to think about at least. .Posted 12th-August-2010 at 10:40 PM by centralandcityrubbish
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Hi.. please call me Shane. Im still new to this community. As I was looking around, I bumped into this post. This got my attention in an instant. I for one is an avid fan of alternative energy. Just like wind and solar energy. Indeed, these so-called green energy are very beneficial to us. For the longest time, we have been dependent to fossil-based energy, and if we continue with that, an energy crisis is inevitable in the future. It's very sad that not everyone is aware of this fact.Posted 16th-December-2010 at 08:16 AM by iamshane
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