Archive for December, 2011
Your Questions About Gasifiers
Maria asks…
What would a “benevolent” dictator of the world do to ensure survival and prosperity of mankind?
If the whole world was run by a single person, and his or her only brief was to ensure the prosperity and survival of mankind as a whole from now until his/her retirement in 40 years time, what actions would he take to achieve this?
Would he invest heavily in technology to try to find alternatives to oil for our energy needs
Would he promote more education and media so that people don’t need to travel as much, and use less energy.
Or maybe he would authorise a world war to get the population down to a level where the remaining people can live more comfortably with the dwindling natural resources there are.
admin answers:
If I was that dictator I would make it illegal for anyone to own more than one home in one country. There are so many homeless people out there and the fat cats who own so many have no guilt whatsoever when they see how these people live. There are so many empty buildings that could house these people, and its all in the name of money. I think its just not right and before you go on about how people worked for what they’ve got just think about it. You can only live in one place at any given time. Its a scandal. We should start having a moral concious and think about others instead of thinking of ourselves. We have Whoop de doo! When you step over the next homeless person you see, just think about what I said!
Wars are made by men who want power, its mostly political anyway, look at T.B abd G.B what a pair of plonkers, ok they got elected for their next term of office but at what price. They should be the ones on the front line. The world has so many resources we could never use up, its just us in the west who enjoy the rewards while the rest toil to pick the cotton that make your shirts and pick your coffee beans, just so you can have lovely fresh coffee in the morning and the ones who pick your oranges so you can drink that juice in the morning. Have you a brain at all? Think about things that affect us all and how things are and how they are not meant to be but for greed and power.
I think things should be on an even keel where we all do our fair share and not just behind a desk all day pushing papers that are absolutely meaningless. I think the stock market is the biggest sham of the lot. How anyone could speculate on anything is beyond me, it is the biggest form of gambling going, and that is another thing I would abolish, it brings misery and poverty to many children.
Sorry for the novel, but you shouldn’t have asked!
Susan asks…
Can someone help me summarize this article?
Between 5-8 senteces.
WASHINGTON – Democrats intend to put more focus on economic issues as Congress returns this week for a packed December agenda while President Bush and Republicans push for release of money for the war in Iraq without conditions.
House Democrats, sensing increasing unease about the economy, plan a session Friday with Wall Street executives and other financial experts to discuss the mortgage crisis, tightening credit and other problem areas.
The Senate returns today and the House returns Tuesday, with Democrats hoping to move quickly on an energy bill. The measure would increase fuel-economy standards for the first time in more than a decade and provide a legislative accomplishment heading into 2008.
But Sen. Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M, a leading Republican voice on energy policy, took exception to the proposal, accusing Democrats of striking a deal among themselves and including an objectionable provision to require utilities to use a set amount of renewable fuels.
“That is no way to pass legislation and is another in a long list of reasons why Congress has lost the faith and trust of the American people,” said Domenici, the senior Republican on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Republicans say Democrats are facing a legislative logjam because they have spent too much of the year on fruitless efforts to force a change in Iraq war policy.
Both parties want to block the alternative minimum tax to prevent an estimated 20 million taxpayers from falling under the levy that was created to make certain high-income Americans pay some taxes. But the parties have disagreed about how to accomplish that.
The House approved a plan that would have replaced the revenue by eliminating tax breaks for private equity funds and other financial entities, but it was blocked in the Senate. The Internal Revenue Service has warned that confusion over the repeal could delay tax refunds and complicate the filing season.
Congress also has to find a way to resolve a fight with the White House over 11 spending bills that finance every federal agency but the Pentagon. Bush has insisted he would not approve any domestic spending above his limits. Democrats offered to cut the difference in half, to $11 billion, but the administration refused.
Congress and the White House are also in a dispute over money for the war in Iraq. The House has approved $50 billion in interim financing, but it sets a goal of next December to withdraw most combat troops. That was blocked in the Senate, and Bush and Republicans have been trying to pressure Democrats to release the money without strings, saying a delay could force Defense Department layoffs.
Besides the tax and spending issue, Congress has to dispose of a major farm bill, the annual Pentagon policy bill, a trade deal with Peru and a terrorist surveillance measure, though the present wiretapping legislation extends into February. The fate of a children’s health insurance program also remains in question.
admin answers:
Go through it writing down the most important points of each paragraph. Then put them together. Don’t be too specific about the important points, just the idea of them and maybe one example.
Thomas asks…
The sale of oil finances terrorism,right?
Why are more resources put into the preduction of alternative energies? Please don’t tell me that it’s because they are not economically viable because(with the exception of solar)this has been proven to be not true,for example Brazil(a developing country)has been running most of it’s motor vehicles on cane alcohol for years.So why are we still buying oil from countrys that are useing that money to finance terrorism?
admin answers:
It’s like drugs, the US is addcted to oil…so they fight to control the supply.
Lisa asks…
Please take this survey!?
http://www.kwiksurveys.com?s=OONOKL_f985a804
As part of a AP Government class project, I will be gathering public opinion on alternative energy (energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment).
As transportation and its respective costs increase, the question of whether or not the world should implement alternative energy becomes important.
I appreciate your time and cooperation. Thank you!
admin answers:
It’s telling me it’s closed.
Edit: Okay, I did it for you. Good luck on your project!
Laura asks…
What can you tell me about Biodiesel?
Working on biodiesel study and I would like to know what the public knows on these points:
*The comparison with traditional gasoline
*Avalability
*Cost and benefits
*Boidiesel in politics
Natural Resource statistics and facts;
*Avalability of current natural resources
*consumption rate
*Pros & Cons of specific resources
*When will we run out
Facts and statistics about other alternative energy sources;
*Solar Power
*Wind Power
*Hydroelectric Power
Simple and effiecent ways to conserve energy/products that conserve energy;
*Energy effiecian windows
*Energy efficent light source
*Energy star appliences
*Ways YOU as as the consumer can be educated about energy
*Ways that YOU as the consumer can promote energy conservation and the use of alternat energy
*ect
admin answers:
1. Biodiesel does not compare with traditional gasoline. It is an adequate replacement for petroleum based diesel, but not for gasoline.
2. Availibity varies by location and time of year.
3. Biodiesel typically costs more than petro-diesel, though it is less sensitive to price swings and is occasionally cheaper or competitive. It is additionally eligible for various subsidies and tax credits.
4. The US government and state governments are making a push for domestic biofuel production, through the above mentioned subsidies and other policies in pursuit of energy independence, economic development and environmental sustainability.
5. Biodiesel is produced from oilseeds or related crops (including soy and sunflowers for example) and can be sown in the same kinds of fields that you grow food in (though not at the same time, of course).
6. Biodiesel has approximately 85% of the potential chemical energy as petrodiesel, so will be consumed faster at a given speed or load.
7. Different precursor oil crops have different yields and risks.
8. Provided the sun keeps shining and there is farmland somewhere, we won’t run out. Remember that the amount we can produce is fairly limited (by available farmland).
All in all, biodiesel is an interesting concept, but one which does not promise to solve any major problems- if all our farmland were devoted to fuel crops rather than for food, we’d still not cover even a small portion of our motor fuels needs.
The remaining questions are off topic and should be asked in the appropriate venue.
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Steven asks…
Isn’t global warming a cool marketing strategy?
I must say it does give us something new to do so it opens up more job opportunities. And more ways for consumers to more spending cautious, they’ll go for the brands that are more ‘environmental’.
The fact is global warming will be neither good nor bad. Global warming could make land once unavailable, resourceful land, it would create new habitats and allow life to grow it places it couldn’t before.
On the other hand it has motivated us to find new energy resources which would provide alternatives to the precious crude oil resource which is limited. However, global warming could help us find oil in places we couldn’t explore once before.
admin answers:
Absolutely not. Global warming is when the carbon dioxide that we make burns holes in our ozone layer which is letting more rays from the sun in. Eventually, the Earth will heat up so much that methane that is concealed in the Arctic ices will release in to the air heating the Earth by almost 6 degrees. In other words go green save the planet or were all doomed!
GO GREEN!!!!
Robert asks…
I’m thinking of making my own political party would you join?
economic policy: low or no taxes for companies that bring back jobs to America if they pay a decent wage and give health benefits to all employees thus ending the the health care debate give payments to new company start ups invest in alternative energy and punish oil companies outlaw lobbyists rebuild the infrastructure better than it is now create an economic council of economists industry and labor leaders all laws involving business must pass there unofficial vote
social policy: workfare give houses to the homeless make people on welfare get jobs or get only substance checks tie parents welfare checks to kids grades
education: completely overhaul the system make it federal
foreign policy: put sanctions on all dictators brake all alliances with dictators aid all opposition groups that are not terrorist in Latin america first help Mexico build on its huge natural wealth send peace keepers to all conflict zones and help them build resources
legal policy: get rid of technicalities
name: new popular front (is that bad if it is i’ll change it) tie it to the Popular Party
party policy: never except bribes (lobbyists) all campaign money is from supporters or personal wealth
admin answers:
Your ideas are better suited for a Pajama Party!
William asks…
Did you notice that Conservatives aren’t “conservative” on environmental issues?
Conservatives routinely demonize environmentalists, slam alternative energy research, deny global warming and promote waste, resource depletion, and the pollution of our atmosphere, our rivers, lakes, and seas.
Even Ann Coulter made the claim that nuclear radiation is “good” for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXFUUGeV1DI
Ronald: Kind of like mixing Bush’s social conservatism with him being fiscally conservative? Yes, I am aware the two are not the same, genius – it is a play on words.
admin answers:
I’ve known about that for a long time. Nowadays, it seems as though the meaning of being an American conservative is to not care about anyone but themselves when it comes to these issues.
Joseph asks…
This is for sceince people. EXAM TOMOROW!!?
I need to know what …..
oil is
Coal is
Natural Gas
fuel Supply and Demand
Solar
Wind
Water
Nuclear
Alternative energy
Tidal Energy
Geothermal Energy
Hydrogen Engery
Electrolyis
Biomass
ARe and how they are formed
Also————-
What is the difference between Nonrenewable and Renewable resources are and some examples.
Links would be great, but you telling me is ok. Also please don’t ask me why am i studying at the last minute or call me stupid. I’m in 6th grade
admin answers:
Oil is liquid form of decomposed organic matter
Natural gas is gas form of decomposed organic matter
Coal is solid form of decomposed organic matter
As supply increases, demand decreases and price decreases (and visa versa)
solar is energy form the sun and its rays
wind and water are energy form wind and water
nuclear energy is energy from splitting/fusing atomic nucleuses
alternative energy is solar, wind, water, nuclear, hydrogen oriented, ect. (basically anything that is not coal/natural gas/ oil related)
tidal is energy from the various high tides
geothermal is energy form the earth’s heat
hydrogen is where a machine turns hydrogen into enegry and gives pure water as ‘waste’ (my personal best pick)
electrolysis is process by which Hydrogen becomes water, uses electric currant to fuse Hydrogen and oxygen
A renewable resource is somehting that we have plenty of or we can remake (water, wind, solar, hydrogen, ect.)
A nonrenewable resource is something that we can not make or we have limited amounts of (oil, gas, coal)
Hope this helps, hope this is in time, and good luck!
Helen asks…
What do this graphic mean? http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/u/urbanisation_gifts.asp?
In the graphic, what renewable or non-renewable resource can you see? What is an alternative renewable source of energy or the non-renewable energy source not shown? What is the key message of the cartoon, connect the key message about non-renewable resources in this graphic to the current lifestyle choices Canadians make and their impact on our environmental well-being. Explain the problem the cartoon is describing i.e.; short term profits versus long term sustainability.
admin answers:
This sounds like homework.
No non-renewable resource shown. An alternative non-renewable energy source not shown is the sun (solar energy).
Key message probably is that human’s are polluting the world “so much” that in the future we will use virtual reality googles to view a “ideal/clean” world instead of what it has become.
The rest you can do as part of your homework!
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Jenny asks…
What do you think of the venus project?
It’s useless to criticize the culture without providing alternatives. The Venus Project proposes plans for social change that work toward a peaceful and sustainable global civilization. It outlines an alternative social design where human rights are not just paper proclamations, but a way of life. The Venus Project has a vision of what the future can be if we apply what we already know to achieve a sustainable world civilization. It calls for a scientific redesign of our culture in which war, poverty, hunger, debt, and unnecessary human, suffering are viewed as not only avoidable, but unacceptable. Anything less will result in a disastrous continuation of the problems inherent in today’s world.
Simply stated, a resource-based economy focuses on resources rather than money, and provides an equitable distribution thereof in a humane and efficient manner. It is a system in which goods and services are available without the use of money, credit, barter, debt, or servitude.
The first objective is to eliminate scarcity. A resource-based economy overcomes scarcity by using renewable sources of energy, plus computerized automated manufacturing and inventory. It would design safe energy-efficient cities with advanced transportation systems, and would provide universal health care and more relevant education.
The aim of this new social design is to encourage an incentive system based on human and environmental concerns, and to avoid the shallow and self-centered goals of individual wealth, property, and power. These new incentives would help people evolve self-fulfillment and creativity, both materially and spiritually.
admin answers:
It sounds a lot better than what we currently have.
Ruth asks…
Green Cooking – Any Suggestions, experience, or sources?
I’m currently working on a paper that must revolve around the concept of energy resources, utilization schemes, storage concepts, conservation schemes, and societal or environmental impact.
After researching just how much energy our microwaves, toasters, ovens, etc. use, I thought it would be interesting to look into what’s being done to make cooking our food more environmentally friendly. I’ve come across some articles on TreeHugger (http://treehugger.com/) but does anyone have any other interesting articles, suggestions, or experience they’d be willing to share.
I’m interested in everything from food transport (using restaurant leftovers to power a vehicle that delivers waste for compost to growers, and picks up new food while at the farms) to alternative cooking methods (solar hot dog cooker made out of foil and an oatmeal canister).
admin answers:
I’ve been using the concept of “green cooking” for at least the last 30 years! I bought a solar oven and a solar cook-top for use while camping when I was a boy scout. I have baked a mountain of biscuits and cooked a lake of stew on them both and have fried enough eggs and bacon to have completely depopulated an entire farm (grin).
As for energy conservation and efficiency, you can throw them all out the window if you will only go for solar electric on-site generation and storage. Go to the website below to get an eye full….and focus your paper on completely converting a modern house or business, even a restaurant, to solar power. Don’t get confused with solar hot water heating…that is passe’ and never really worked any way…Im talking about solar photovoltaic cells and pannels that produce bountiful electricity from the sun.
Point-source water heaters, electric ranges and dryers and washers….there is no end to what you can do with an all electric house and a solar array with battery backup! 100% clean power!!! And a bountiful supply as well!!!!
Mary asks…
Do people who want to bring down the oil industry not understand that they are the ones with the resources and?
capital to invest, and are currently investing and working with alternative forms of green energy? They know oil won’t be sufficient forever and have already began investing large amounts of capital into this.
Source: Chemical and Mechanical project engineer for fortune 100 company. (not myself)
tribeca – of course they want a monopoly, they are oil companies, thats stating the obvious (common sense), point of the question is that they are the only ones with enough funds to do it efficiently and now, whether you have something against them or not….I could care less about being hung up on what they did in the past, we have to deal with the present now.
admin answers:
Lol. I agree totally. I love these people who scream stop using oil, and gas, and coal and switch to alternative energy. Do they realize that they probably cannot afford 40 grand in solar panels on their home, and would be sent back to the dark ages without the burning of fossil fuels? Who do they expect to finance the construction and development of new energy technologies? Cant be the energy companies. I agree at some point we need to transition but we cannot just stop using current fuels and we need to stop demonizing the energy companies who have the capitol to make the transition.
Richard asks…
Why are people so focused on gas prices?
The only reason why alternative energy sources aren’t really widely available for cars (fuel-cells, electric/hybrid) is because there isn’t a demand for them, thus car companies don’t make them because they think people won’t buy them.
So if people are actually worried about gas prices, why not make the demand for those resources?
to korensteen of spectrum- sorry if i’m not getting you, but a hybrid IS a car????
to organick- america isn’t the only country running on oil/gas
admin answers:
The reason why oil prices are so high is that there if fear, just fear that the oil supply could be cut, not because of any oil shortage. That’s why Saudi Arabia wouldn’t increase production; there isn’t the demand for it. The cost of getting gas to market hasn’t gone up so big oil is making huge profits.
We have a bottleneck in that our refining capacity is limited, but the oil companies have known that since Hurricane Katarina and still haven’t done anything about it. Exxon has made billions of dollars in profit that they could use to reinvest in their business by building more refineries, but they don’t. Instead they complain that gas prices have to go up every winter and every summer because when they change the mix of heating oil to gasoline they make they don’t have enough capacity so there is a shortage.
The price of oil is never coming down. The fear may go away, but China and India are not. India has just released a new car that is built for the masses so their hunger for gas will only go up. China used to be a nation of bicycles, but they have replaced them with cars so their appetite will only go up as well. The oil supply is limited, we have enough for at least 50 years without having to pay $5.00/gallon for gasoline, but the demand for it is driving the market.
When gasoline goes up 50 cents then the price of every good and service goes up as well. The trucker who brings it to the store has to pay more for gas so he has to charge more. The store has to pay its employees more so they can commute to work to sell the product or service and this cost has to be passed on to the consumer, so a 50 cent rise in gas is more like a 75 cent rise since everything else is going to go up because of that increase. Even the newspapers cost more because of the high price of gas, simply to deliver them, to power the machines that run them, to pay the people who write them and to pay all the other people who work to keep those workers at work; from the coffee barista who serves them more expensive coffee, to the company that supplies the staples for their staplers, or the pencils that they use to make notes with, or the post it notes that they post reminders to themselves with. The price of gas includes a built in increase to the price of everything else.
In the 1970s OPEC shook its fist and closed the oil pipe flow down to a trickle so the US would know they were serious about the increasing price of gas. Back then $1.00/gallon was high, I can remember seeing 25 cents a gallon in the early 1970s. There was a panic for alternative energy sources then and a sudden need, but when OPEC relaxed its control over the supply of oil the panic went away and so did the incentive to do anything. We have known about this gasoline crunch for at least 30 years and we have hardly done anything about it.
Germany has lined its autoban (freeways) with solar cells to reduce their dependency, and farmers are raising sheep and constructing solar cell farms on the same land. They are a northern country without a lot of sunshine, but their investment is paying off and since a solar cell will last for at least 20 years with zero operating costs it is a good investment.
Yes, solar power won’t help Oregon very much, but Los Angelus gets a lot of its energy from Hoover Dam, that is in the middle of the desert. Our electrical supply net is well connected so if New Mexico and Arizona pave unused desert land with solar cells they can sell that power to places as far as Maine, Alaska, and Florida.
The problem is that is a lot easier to whine about something than to do anything about it. The US has the world’s largest supply of coal and most of our power plants burn coal which are horrible green house gas emitters. I was reading in Popular Science about a method of coal gasification that burns all the coal, all the hydrogen and then only emits CO2, which can then be piped into huge bags of a specially cultivated algae that makes biodiesel, and uses all the CO2 up and only gives of oxygen as its waste, the algae is mulched into biodiesel and that burns cleaner as well. It sounds like a great idea but only a pilot plant has been built and the Bush Administration is fighting it because it will make coal plants more expensive.
Windmills have kept the Dutch dry for hundreds of years. We can put windmills in windy areas, offshore, and now even underwater all to take advantage of natural movement. Sure Ohio can’t use power generated by undersea windmills offshore near South Carolina, but the power gird is connected so that the power can be sold and supplies to them.
We have the alternate sources of power, the alternate technologies to create that power. Germany has reduced the price to make solar cells, made them more efficient, and done it all on a commercial scale. What we don’t have is the incentive to do anything about it. When gasoline reaches $5.00/gallon then people are going to be screaming; “Why didn’t you do anything about the high price of gas?” As they drive off with their SUVs to go home, where their AC is set to 65 and has been running all day even though no one was home. We need to reach those people and convince them that if they save energy and if they ask for alternative sources of power then something will happen.
Then the next thing we have to do is convince big business of this. The electric hybrid Pris is so hot that they are on 1 year back order, but Chevy and Ford are still making gas hungry SUVs, just this month they decided to close a couple of those plants, and they wonder why they can’t sell cars.
The biggest problem with electric cars is the price and weight of the batteries; but notebook and cell phone technology has done more for battery research and development in the last 5 years than in the last 30. We have a company making an all electric car; the Tesla. The problem is that they are making a high end electric sports car; not a car for the general public.
People won’t do what is good for them until they are forced to do it, and even then they will scream and shout about it and resist. I live on a fixed income so the rise in gas prices hurts me a lot and they don’t include the price of gas when they make a cost of living adjustment. Still I like the higher price at the pump, it hurts, but it is a pain that all Americans need to feel. Only then we they do something about it.
Oh, and remember the panic last summer when Israel threatened to invade Lebanon, how that caused a jump in the price of gas, and before that it was the aftermath of Hurricane Katarina. It isn’t like we haven’t felt a gas shortage before, it is that most people just cried about it and paid the extra price.
Daniel asks…
I have some science questions.?
If one ecosystem or community is badly damaged, how does it affect the ecosystems/communities near it?
Put the continents in order from largest to smallest.
Put the continents in order of population highest to lowest.
Which continents contain the tundra?
How can the Scientific Method help us study the enviroment?
How can we use the S.M. to help an endangered species?
How do we use maps? What are they useful for?
How are maps useful in studying the enviroment?
Give 5 SPECIFIC examples of things we can easily do to conserve resources. Explain.
Would solar cells and solar energy gathering be a good alternate energy source in Las Vegas?
What would be a good alternative energy source in a place like Alaska?
Is garbage a renewable resource? Why or why not? If it is, what could it be used for?
How can fossils be found? Where are they usually found?
What can fossils tell us about the climate of the Earth millions of years ago?
Need answers by Friday!!!
These are the actually…few questions I can’t figure out. All the other ones i ahve/
admin answers:
I’m sorry, I’m not trying to sound rude or anything but this site really wasn’t created for people to cheat.
You’re just hurting yourself by doing so…!
If you have all of that to answer by tomorrow I’d get busy!!
Good luck!!!!
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John asks…
7th grade science help?
I am having a huge problem! I am to work with someone else in this project and it says to do this:
We have an energy issue here at the research station. We need you and your partner to help us find a solution to our energy problem. Based on what you have learned about energy, you will create a new energy source for the research station.
Currently, at the research station we are using:
•chemical energy in propane by converting it to electrical energy in a gas combustion engine
The last process in the list above requires us to burn fossil fuels and is not sustainable. This practice uses up natural resources and must be eliminated or replaced. Your mission is to come up with an alternative energy source for us to use at the station.
___________________________________________________________________________________
Whats a possible answer? PLEASE HELP
admin answers:
Use an alternative, sustainable fuel. You can use methane generated by anaerobic digestion of waste material or hydrogen generated by electrolysis of water using photovoltaic, wind, tidal, OTG, nuclear fission, etc as the electricity source. Neither methane nor hydrogen contain as much chemical energy as propane, so more would have to be used for equal power output.
Mandy asks…
Do you think that a resorce based economy will awaken humanity spiritually and allow us to become more?
liberated spiritually and creative and flourish more.
It’s useless to criticize the culture without providing alternatives. The Venus Project proposes plans for social change that work toward a peaceful and sustainable global civilization. It outlines an alternative social design where human rights are not just paper proclamations, but a way of life. The Venus Project has a vision of what the future can be if we apply what we already know to achieve a sustainable world civilization. It calls for a scientific redesign of our culture in which war, poverty, hunger, debt, and unnecessary human, suffering are viewed as not only avoidable, but unacceptable. Anything less will result in a disastrous continuation of the problems inherent in today’s world.
Simply stated, a resource-based economy focuses on resources rather than money, and provides an equitable distribution thereof in a humane and efficient manner. It is a system in which goods and services are available without the use of money, credit, barter, debt, or servitude.
The first objective is to eliminate scarcity. A resource-based economy overcomes scarcity by using renewable sources of energy, plus computerized automated manufacturing and inventory. It would design safe energy-efficient cities with advanced transportation systems, and would provide universal health care and more relevant education.
The aim of this new social design is to encourage an incentive system based on human and environmental concerns, and to avoid the shallow and self-centered goals of individual wealth, property, and power. These new incentives would help people evolve self-fulfillment and creativity, both materially and spiritually.
http://www.thezeitgeistmovement.com/joomla/index.php?Itemid=50
admin answers:
I think the liberated spirituality will naturally evolve a resource based economy. You can’t have change without a change of mind and heart first.
Every major revolution or shift in human evolution was preceded by a paradigm shift in thinking first.
Paul asks…
when will our oil run out?
when i attended the USAFA, we had an interesting presentation on oil supply and alternative energy sources. Why can’t we get a true answer about this subject? If there is an urgent need for new energy sources, wouldn’t it be logical to have every resource working toward an answer? If there is a need at all.
admin answers:
There is enough oil left for about 50-100 years of consumption ASSUMING we consume it at the same rate than today. (that’s only an asteimate. Might be 200 years if we find oil somewhere else we haven’t looked yet)
HOWEVER, if chinese and indians all want a car like most developped countries, then you can divide how long that supply will last by 2.
MOREOVER, oil will NEVER run out, it will simply get really really really expensive. Expensive enough to force not to use your car ever again. And expensive enough to make air travel a part of history. (at least air travel for the masses will be history)
The funny thing is that the american military is only strong because of all the machines it uses : tanks, boats, airplanes. And the vast majority of that military power uses oil to function properly : when oil will run out, the usa will lose all military influence over the world.
PS: Dangerous mindz, your link is indeed very interresting. And right to the point. It sums up all I’ve heard unitl now. Thx
Michael asks…
Can you help me with this?
Currently, for my class we are using:
energy created by converting the mechanical energy from moving wind into electrical energy in a wind turbine
radiant energy from the sun by converting it into electrical energy in a photoelectric cell
chemical energy in propane by converting it to electrical energy in a gas combustion engine
The last process in the list above requires us to burn fossil fuels and is not sustainable. This practice uses up natural resources and must be eliminated or replaced.
i need to come up with an alternative energy source for us to use at the station.
i need one becides the energy uses i aleready have : ]]
admin answers:
Hydroelectricity. Useing water to turn a turbine to create electrical energy
Susan asks…
just as most people think their vote doesn’t matter, do they also think their contributions don’t matter
i mean their contributions to make efforts to preserve natural resources by recycling, using alternative fuels & energy, preserving water, save the owls, don’t use spray deodorants, wipe out flatulent cows, don’t eat meat, closing the hole in the ozone, all the above that are causing global warming, yada yada yada
admin answers:
I find that the most effective method for me to get votes and people interested in the same issues that I am interested in is to go door to door knocking on doors of people and talking to them about issues that I think are important
And even more important, recruiting them to do their own door knocking.
I have built up a rather large political organization just doing this over the past 40 years.
Door knocking works.!!!!!!!!!!!
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Charles asks…
What can you tell me about Biodiesel?
Working on biodiesel study and I would like to know what the public knows on these points:
*The comparison with traditional gasoline
*Avalability
*Cost and benefits
*Boidiesel in politics
Natural Resource statistics and facts;
*Avalability of current natural resources
*consumption rate
*Pros & Cons of specific resources
*When will we run out
Facts and statistics about other alternative energy sources;
*Solar Power
*Wind Power
*Hydroelectric Power
Simple and effiecent ways to conserve energy/products that conserve energy;
*Energy effiecian windows
*Energy efficent light source
*Energy star appliences
*Ways YOU as as the consumer can be educated about energy
*Ways that YOU as the consumer can promote energy conservation and the use of alternat energy
*ect
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Ken asks…
Please Help me with this song Make This Into A Song And Please Hurry?
> Alternative energy sources – solar, geothermal, hydro, wind etc
> Alternative fuels – LPG, biofuels, electric hybrids etc
> Less mineral extaction in favour of more sustainable natural resources
> Protecting water supplies
> Protecting wildlife, preventing overfishing, hunting quotas
> Reducing pollution
> Recycling more
> Better use of resources
> More reliance and emphasis on local produce
> Use of natural materials instead of synthetic ones
> Less dependency on oil and all the associated problems
> Providing incentives to be environmentally conscious
> Less intensive agriculture
> Replenishing forests and other resources as they’re used
> Better education regarding the above
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Hi just put this together, you can add onto or take out, hope it helps and best wishes for the comp.
Chorus – This is my world,
And I will always care,
Won;t you all join me
And help clean up the air
Don’t sit around and talk
Just park the car and walk
Chorus – This is my world
And I will always care
Look around and see
What’s created for you and me
Together in one voice
We can shout YOU HAVE A CHOICE
Chorus This is my world
And I will always care.
Chris asks…
Anyone else wish the U.S. would be the GREAT country it COULD be?
In our short history we have created so many wonderful things and also many horrors!
With the advances in technology we will hopefully one day lead the way to existing on this planet without leaving any harmful footprints! Or rather living in harmony with the Earth.
I think it’s time to make the large corporations who make their fortunes off the Earth’s resources change their economic bases to alternative energy sources. Same profit margins/different products!
Eutopia’s possible …I think it’s time!!
To the first few answerers….you really see no room for improvement?
Take a look around you!
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It already is. I guess they didn’t send the memo to the terrorists and the terrorist supporters.
Http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP150807
Mary asks…
Why isn’t alternative fuel research and financing near the top of our agenda?
Everytime Iran farts the price of gas goes up. Every oil ally we have in the Middle East (other than Israel) is intolerant to women and education. People are beheaded for not believing in Islam.
Wouldn’t you think that with all of our resources we have we could break away from this sort of vice that the Middle East has on us (at least partially)? Or at least, do you think, we should work towards that goal?
To think, our proud nation’s energy supply is under the mercy of extreme right-wing Muslim’s.
This is not a Bush-bashing question. It is the reality we have ignored for decades.
As a repsonse to majority of answers: has anyone seen Syriana. It addresses this issue of big oil.
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Money money money. Business interests have too much to lose if we do what’s good for EVERYBODY. They would rather maintain the status quo.
Excuse my cynicism.
Maria asks…
Does any of the energy related issues, especially gas bother anyone?
It seems that the country isn’t really taking it seriously. They think that all of this will go away soon. I have taken a lot of geology classes and the experts are saying that all the oil fields are in decline, which means that they are nearing the end of their useful life. Oil isn’t being made anymore. The oil we use now was made millions of years ago and is made up of marine animals and plants. Most of the earth has been explored for more pockets of oil but they aren’t finding the big oil fields like you see in Saudi Arabia. The U.S. has reached the limit of their oil resources back in the 1970s. Our oil wells will never produce what they did once. Once the oil is gone, there won’t be anymore. The new oil wells will not produce enough oil to make up for the declines in the wells already producing or are in decline. The alternative fuels will not be able to replace the energy needs that we get from oil, fast enough and in the quantities we will need.
Those who answered my question didn’t even pay attention to what I said about renewables.
They will not get us up to where we are now with oil. Renewables rely on mostly biological precesses with exception of hydrogen, this isn’t a fuel but an energy carrier which loses as it is produced and processed. plus it requires electricity which is produced from the burning of coal or natural gas. Both global warming agents.
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Hemp for fuel, instead of using food
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