I'm looking for a number in terms of money, a source would be nice...thanks
if possible can u give me what the "tipping point" for earth is, if we don't switch to alternative energy sources

Hi,

I'm doing my ISU and i have a simple question:

Would you pay more money on your electricity bill for wind power? What about other clean renewable energy?

hi, I'm writing an essay for school on whether South Australia should be using wind farms to generate electricity, and I wanted to know if the money it takes to put up wind turbines comes out of taxpayers pockets?

Help is greatly appreciated,

Chelsea.

i am doing a debate TOMORROW and this is the topic:
that the australian government should invest more money in renewable energy.
i need suggestions now.
i forgot to add that im NEGATIVE

He mentioned ethanol, the production of which has been proven to be disastrous to the environment as well as damaging to food supplies.

He harped on electric cars which, again, create more pollution through the increased demand on power generation.

Wind & solar are useless outside of Jr High science projects.

So what mythological clean energy does he intend to throw away our money on?
How silly of me. Evidently everyone can have free power from wind or sun, we all just choose to pay ridiculous rates to burn fossil fuels.

Ethanol is a RENEWABLE fuel, but it is not a CLEAN energy source. This has been known for years. Do you people read anything other than fringe websites and propaganda?

http://www.livescience.com/environment/080318-biofuel-dead-zone.html

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/386784/ethanol_production_can_be_harmful_to.html

As for Iowa... Not a single commercial wind farm operates without subsidies to stay afloat. They are economically unviable. In other words, the entire country is paying so Iowa can pretend wind energy is practical. It would be impossible to duplicate this nation wide.

I almost bought a wind turbine. I want to be able to harness natural resources and I'm worried about our polluting of the planet.

But.... I'm glad I didn't invest in a turbine.

When I pressed the vendor if he could stand by his claims for the power generation, he went all furtive and withdrew his original offer.

He said I'd get my money back and even be able to sell electricity BACK to the utility companies. Sounds brilliant.

But he couldn't give me a single example of anyone that does this.

In the past, I've bought a couple of solar panels, and neither of them worked.

I do use a wind up radio though.

Can anyone help me? I want a real example of power generation. What's the average power generated by a wind turbine? (I want the real figures, not the idealistic figures)

I looked a Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's river cottage web site, which publishes daily figures for power generation, and the figures don't look too impressive.

I want to build a machine that translates my physical exertions into useful energy. For example. If I could row for an hour, I might be able to turn a drum and get my laundry done.

Or cycle on a stationary bike and use that energy to turn a turbine or grind up all the packaging from my dustbin.

Where do I start looking for equipment?

Thanks

Will we go after the wind energy people whenever they are deemed as having money they took away from the poor welfare mom? will they become the enemy someday

or is there such major.. i heard of money being donated to colleges to create such majors...
thnx

to get sick ? Its called vibro-acoustic disease, and its caused by sounds below the frequency band of 500Hz that the wind turbines emit. Do you think that this could potentially be a problem with the future development of wind energy ?

Maybe before committing resources and money to building these farms, we should research this more.

http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2008/04/13/are-wind-farm-turbines-making-people-sick-some-say-yes/

I am aware that some applications for noise cancellation have been employed into products but only on a small scale. Dana if you have some other sources other than the link you provided it would be appreciated.
Thanks all for your answers…

1. Do you believe the government focuses enough attention on alternative energy?

2. Should the government focus more money and legislation towards improving existing energy sources or alternative energy sources?

3. What do you feel is the biggest concern regarding alternative energy? (Cost/Efficiency/Emissions)

4. Should the government put price limits on gas?

5. Do you believe that alternative fuels would increase the prices of materials used to make them?

6. Do you feel that the government should cut other spending and use more money to research alternative energy sources and fuels?

7. Do you feel that the government should offer tax deductions to businesses that use alternative energy sources and fuels?

8. Should the government mandate that gas stations offer alternative fuels to their customers?

9. What type of home heating do you use?

10. Have you thought of using an alternative form of heating in your home? If so, what?

Sense the sun, wind, water, electricity, etc is free energy once it's captured, and there are no recurring payments to make, and people have the potential for being "off-the-grid", and they'll be no more refueling your car... how will the Government tax us?

If they don't tax it, where will the money come from to maintain roads, bridges, etc? I would think that they would have to make it up somewhere... right or wrong?

The company would use grass clippings, compost, and other non-edible plant parts and produce cellulosic ethanol. We would also sell units that run on this fuel. The company would collect the glass clippings, etc sort of like a garbage pick up. Where should I start? Money is not an obstacle.

I'm doing a research on renewable sources of energy and I need some specific facts regarding : the countries which are most affected by this topic, what is currently being done to resolve the issue, where would the money for the solution come from. I need some of these facts because I will be participating in a debate and any of your answers/links/suggestions are most welcomed.

I'm beginning my research into putting some money into a few companies that are doing research in solar, ethynol and hydrogen technology. Can someone steer me in the right direction?

Haven't we taxpayers wasted enough of our money on unhealthy, unsightly, inefficient wind farms?

While we're at it, why don't we pull the plug on ethanol subsidies as well?..... Even Al Gore says that ethanol subsidies were/are a mistake.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100064709/peak-energy-what-peak-energy/

When I was in Arizona, there was a whole field where huge solar panals collected sun energy. Why arent more ideas like that being used? Think of all the southern states that recieve plenty of sunshine for solar energy. Think of all the mountainous areas and flats that would be great for wind power. Why should money be an issue when it would more than pay for itself in the long run?

My electricity bill has been so high for the past few months. I used to pay around 0.00 last year but this year it is a whopping 5.00. I am fed up and ready to switch over to something that is going to save me money. Any advice?

Can I have a wind farm in my front yard? Solar?
How about coal driven turbines in my back yard?
Can I have a razor wire chain-link fence up against the sidewalk to guard it?
Do I get any money if I put electricity out into the grid?
Oh and it's all in an urban environment.

Im considering either the business and global relations side dealing with the agreements, and sale of resources, or the development on renewable resources and finding ways to be less dependent on other countries for resources. Or would I make more money and be more likely to be hired if I had a bachelors in Mechanical, or Civil engineering? By the way I would be Graduating five years from now in Ireland.

Im considering either the business and global relations side dealing with the agreements, and sale of resources, or the development on renewable resources and finding ways to be less dependent on other countries for resources. Or would I make more money and be more likely to be hired if I had a bachelors in Mechanical, or Civil engineering? By the way I would be Graduating five years from now in Ireland.

I only invest in small-cap energy based companies like oil, gas, petroleum, and more recently, wind and solar power.

What I would like to know is how exactly do wind and solar power companies make their money? Please, I'd like to understand the industry a bit better. Thanks!

Okay, here's what I read; Bill Gates has very little involvement with Microsoft these days and is slowly dumping all of his MS shares quietly, and reinvesting his money into renewable energy stocks like wind and solar power. Is this really true that he realises Microsoft is under the knife to the likes of Google and Apple and he knows it so he's doing this? Just curious.

All they have to do is increase their subsidies and incentives to companies in the renewable energy industry, create an easy to entry barrier with full Govt support, these Co.s will then invest the money in R&D and very soon there will be the advent of a new breakthrough in technology which will be cheaper than the current energy sources we have today.

This, in place of taxing CO2 and every molecule out there with out including H2O and O2.

Me and some frineds want to have a fund raiser to raise money so that we can install wind turbines into our school so that we can conserve energy an use natural resources. If anyone has help please let me know