by Maia Rubin
1.What alternative energy sources are there that North America does not strongly use yet?
In Denmark the use of wind turbines is getting greater than the use of oil products. After the 1973 Yom Kippur War between Israel, Syrian and Egypt some of the Western world was blocked from Arab based oil. This led to Denmark having to find a new energy source. Denmark has also used the burning of waste product; electricity generated by photovoltaic or solarenergy cells; and the geothermal turbines powered by the escape of underground steam.
As of 2007 Germany was the highest ranking country that used wind energy and solar capacity. They also outscored the U.S. in offshore wind, solar, and biomass power. Germany is also the king in the use of photovoltaic products, accounting at almost half of the global market as of 2007. The people of Germany are payed a cement amount of money if they feed a certain amount of home based energy into the power grid. So it's a win win for Germany.
2. Why don't we use these alternative sources?
North America seems to struggle with the fact that our oil is slowly but surely running out. When people know that oil (life) is running out, they mostly go into denial that oil can't run out which is like suicide. The lifestyle that most people have in North America is based purely on oil. Some people do look towards alternative energy sources but some don't even want to understand that one day, if we don't get alternative energy, must humans will die. We do use some wind power and solar energy and these are on the rise in North America. The international energy industries might not want to give up information about alternative energy, if in a few years they could make our industries pay to get info that would keep life in stable condition. So I think the reason why we don't use some of these alternative energy sources is manly base on denial and disbelief.
3. How can we incorporate them into our country?
People who are aware of the power crisis could spread the world of an global Apocalypse. Or North America could just sit and wait for the option to arise where we could buy alternative energy source materiel and knowledge from foreign industries. We could also just do more research and look into power alternatives and bring them into our daily lives. The government could put out a "law" that people must have, for example, one solar panel on their home roofs or one wind turbine in a neighbor hood. Then, if this was a must, people would actually be helping themselves, even if it costs money to install the equipment.
1.What alternative energy sources are there that North America does not strongly use yet?
In Denmark the use of wind turbines is getting greater than the use of oil products. After the 1973 Yom Kippur War between Israel, Syrian and Egypt some of the Western world was blocked from Arab based oil. This led to Denmark having to find a new energy source. Denmark has also used the burning of waste product; electricity generated by photovoltaic or solarenergy cells; and the geothermal turbines powered by the escape of underground steam.
As of 2007 Germany was the highest ranking country that used wind energy and solar capacity. They also outscored the U.S. in offshore wind, solar, and biomass power. Germany is also the king in the use of photovoltaic products, accounting at almost half of the global market as of 2007. The people of Germany are payed a cement amount of money if they feed a certain amount of home based energy into the power grid. So it's a win win for Germany.
2. Why don't we use these alternative sources?
North America seems to struggle with the fact that our oil is slowly but surely running out. When people know that oil (life) is running out, they mostly go into denial that oil can't run out which is like suicide. The lifestyle that most people have in North America is based purely on oil. Some people do look towards alternative energy sources but some don't even want to understand that one day, if we don't get alternative energy, must humans will die. We do use some wind power and solar energy and these are on the rise in North America. The international energy industries might not want to give up information about alternative energy, if in a few years they could make our industries pay to get info that would keep life in stable condition. So I think the reason why we don't use some of these alternative energy sources is manly base on denial and disbelief.
3. How can we incorporate them into our country?
People who are aware of the power crisis could spread the world of an global Apocalypse. Or North America could just sit and wait for the option to arise where we could buy alternative energy source materiel and knowledge from foreign industries. We could also just do more research and look into power alternatives and bring them into our daily lives. The government could put out a "law" that people must have, for example, one solar panel on their home roofs or one wind turbine in a neighbor hood. Then, if this was a must, people would actually be helping themselves, even if it costs money to install the equipment.
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