Q: We have some promising canadates.. 1. Nuclear (Although there is controversy this one has been used by many countries almost exclusivly) 2. Wind 3. Solar 4. Hydroelectric 5. Biomass Any thoughts on the above will be apreciated, and any alternatives that are offered will also be noted =) *So called "Zero-point" energy scams need not apply and take up space in the answer list. Oh yes, I did forget geothermal =) TY Right now its impractical for anywhere except maybe yellowstone national park, but if somehow we were able to drill a shaft 7 miles down it might be an awesome source of energy. Alcohol is really not an energy source. Its simply converted biomass. And currently it takes alot of energy to complete that conversion. but it is a good thought, especialy for transportation fuels. Thank you for your answer ang. Currently your answer is what a waste to energy incinerator does, it burns trash and produces energy as a byproduct. They currently are not enviromentaly sound, and the ash thats left over is a toxic mix of heavy metals and chemicals, but they are currently in existance and are one way of dealing with our waste =) Atleast we get some energy from it rather than making it into a big mound. Excellent Article korngoddess1027. I have heard quite a bit about brazil's natural fuels it has been producing. They are technicly biomass fuels but Very important because they stand to help offset oil use in transportation. I hear that almost all gas stations there sell a blend of fuel thats mostly alcohol from sugar cane as well. And while geneticly modified crops sound scary the reality is we have been producing superior genetic plants for hundreds of years, we are just getting a finer control of the proccess now. Score one for the brazilians and one for the rest of the world since thats less mid-east oil dependance. I hope it wont be long before we scale up a system like that in america. Thanks, Giggly Giraffe for your ideas =) The slave thing is interesting, but currently americans use oil in place of other labor. Currently according to the last number I heard, every american uses the equivelent output of 4 slaves in energy constantlyso basicly with 300 million people we have an equivelent 1.2 BILLION people as energy slaves with our current oil use. Just goes to show how much energy we really use. The landfill gas caputure is being used already where its feasable andreasonable. Coal does pollute but we do have litteraly millions of tons of it, so we wont be running out anytime soon. I expect this to continue to power america for sometime to come. Caffine =) Wow never thought of that one, maybe we could soak the power grid in it to get more energy =) Hehhee Many good ideas so far =) I Thank all the people that have participated.
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