1. Explain how wind energy stores potential energy and how it is transformed into other types of energy?
2. How would the loss of wind energy affect any activity that one does on a daily basis and what energy resource would you have used instead?

I'm doing some research and have trouble distinguishing the difference between these three types of energy sources.

So far, I have Conventional energy widely used/practical energy sources like oil, gas and coal. My assumption is that they're the primary 'standard' energy sources the world currently uses for their electricity and power since the industrial revolution.

I'm having trouble with the next two energy sources..

Conventional Alternatives, I put that at energy sources that produce less environmental waste and could be used to replace conventional energy sources. An example would be biofuels being used to replace oil/gas for cars. I guess Nuclear power could go under this energy source as it could be used to replace coal in North America but places like France have 90% of their cities powered by Nuclear - would this mean it's a conventional energy source for France and a conventional alternative to North America? I don't know..

As for Non-conventional energy.. I put this at energy sources that produce the least amount of environmental waste but are completely unpractical to implement. My example would be hydrogen powered cars because there is no current infrastructure to support Hydrogen fuel gas stations if consumers were to buy them.

I'm just purely guessing here - please share if you disagree or agree with my definition. Also If anybody knows what category other energy sources like wind, solar, and thermal energy belong to, I'll be super grateful.

How are renewable and non-renewable energy sources diffrent?List two examples of each of these types of energy

The U.S?

People worrying about the harmful environmental effects of these two power sources along with nuclear power generation, was the reason these types of energy sources were supressed in the first place.

Would Americans trade off the Carbon dioxide emitting fuels for radiation, dead birds, and dead fish?

I'm all for it. I'd love to see our dependence on foreign oil reduced. I'm just wondering if the global warming crowd is going to clash with the Peta crowd.
Please not that a dam made for hydroelectrice power would destroy most species of fish upstream of that dam. This would then have wider effects on the larger ecosystem

In other words, humans will be ok, bears not so much.
And with the slower windmills comes the noise pollution....
Not to mention the number of windmills that would be needed to produce as much power as we use right now would probably cover the U.S.

How does a generator convert these types of energy into electricity?

this is my
topic: Although there are many types of energy sources, the effects of wind power is one of the many alternate choices
Attention getter: wind turbines can produce electricity at cost that are competitive with fossil fuels
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thesis statement: Even though the wind doesn't always blow it is still a great source of energy because it is a renewable resource
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