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Wind Power as a Viable Solution to Meeting Alternative Energy Needs

May 30, 2008 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment
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Although it is much less expensive to initially get hooked into the local electric company's grid than it is to set up and hook into wind turbines, in the long run one saves money by utilizing the wind for one's energy needs—while also becoming more independent. Not receiving an electric bill while enjoying the advantages of the modern electrically-driven lifestyle is a wondrous feeling. Electric bills and fuel bills are rising steadily—but the cost of wind turbine energy is zero, and the … [Read more...]

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Solar Energy Collecting as an Alternative Energy Source

May 28, 2008 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment
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Photovoltaic cells—those black squares an array of which comprises a solar panel—are getting more efficient, and gradually less expensive, all the time, thanks to ever-better designs which all them to focus the gathered sunlight on a more and more concentrated point. The size of the cells is decreasing as their efficiency rises, meaning that each cell becomes cheaper to produce and at once more productive. As far as the aforementioned cost, the price of producing solar-generated energy per watt … [Read more...]

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Biofuels as Alternative Sources of Energy

May 26, 2008 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment
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Biofuels are produced by converting organic matter into fuel for powering our society. These biofuels are an alternative energy source to the fossil fuels that we currently depend upon. The biofuels umbrella includes under its aegis ethanol and derivatives of plants such as sugar cane, as well aS vegetable and corn oils. However, not all ethanol products are designed to be used as a kind of gasoline. The International Energy Agency (IEA) tells us that ethanol could comprise up to 10 percent of the … [Read more...]

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An Energy Alternative: Free Energy

May 24, 2008 By The Passion Diva 1 Comment

An Energy Alternative: Free Energy There has been much debate about what is often called “free” energy—energy that can supposedly, with the right technology, be drawn straight out of the atmosphere, and in very abundant supply. The debates are about whether the stuff actually exists or not, what it would actually cost were it to be harnessed, and if it does exist is it truly as abundant and efficient as it's being made out to be by proponents of research and development into this potential … [Read more...]

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Alternative Energy for the Home

May 22, 2008 By The Passion Diva 1 Comment
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The trend toward homes that are powered by alternative energy sources, ranging from wind turbines and solar collection cells to hydrogen fuel cells and biomass gases, is one that needs to continue into the 21st century and beyond. We have great need of becoming more energy independent, and not having to rely on the supplying of fossil fuels from unstable nations who are often hostile to us and our interests. But even beyond this factor, we as individuals need to get “off the grid” and also stop … [Read more...]

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Storing Energy

May 18, 2008 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment

  We have come to rely completely on energy.  We use it in almost everything we do; we live in it, use it for all our modern conveniences and more.  Without energy we wouldn't know what to do.  In the past, before energy, there were lanterns for light and matches and wood for heat.  That was the only options people had.  When power was accessible to everyone by running power lines through cities, towns, residential areas to allow everyone to tap into the new generation, people were skeptical … [Read more...]

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Research on Global Warming

May 16, 2008 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment

  Research is constantly being done on global warming.  The research is being done by studying statistics and by going directly to the source.  Various scientists are coming up with different answers to the most basic questions about global warming.  Some scientists studying global warming in the Arctic have discovered thinning sea ice near the northern reaches of Alaska.  The summer of 2007 showed the least sea ice since sea ice was first tracked in 1979.  Scientists participating in … [Read more...]

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What the Other Side Is Saying About Global Warming

May 14, 2008 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment

  While the majority of celebrities and many scientists in the world view global warming as a disaster of epic proportions, not all agree.  Some people, even scientists, have opposing viewpoints that are based on their own formal observations and the data from many sources.  It is interesting to explore what these people have to say about global warming.  One of the most talked-about aspects of global warming is the rise in sea levels.  If you are to believe most people who speak on global … [Read more...]

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What is Solar Energy?

May 12, 2008 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment

  In order to know where to find solar energy you must first know what solar energy is. Solar energy is energy from the sun. When the sun is shining solar energy is being produced as it sends the heat radiating to the earth. You can find solar energy anywhere or anything that the sun can shine on.  There is a way that you can save the sunlight in order to provide heat during the cold, which is what millions of people have done throughout the years.  It started thousands of years ago when people … [Read more...]

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The Kyoto Protocol and Global Warming

May 10, 2008 By The Passion Diva Leave a Comment

  The Kyoto Protocol was set up in a session of the United Nations in Japan in the year 1997.  This initiative was set forth to reduce harmful emissions and to lessen global warming.  It was adopted and contains goals for emissions that are legally binding for the countries involved.  The aim of the Kyoto Protocol is to prevent countries from causing global warming through human activity.  There are some natural forces that contribute to global warming.  However, it is the disruption … [Read more...]

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