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Which form of making electricity do you like the best?
| Nuclear Power |
| [ 3 ] 33% |
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| Hydroelectric/Solar/Wind |
| [ 3 ] 33% |
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| Methane Gas |
| [ 1 ] 11% |
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| Hydrogen |
| [ 2 ] 22% |
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| Celebrimbor |
 Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:16 pm |
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I think that burning methane gas is super. It is extremely cheap, the trash companies are forced to get rid of it because the garbage, when it rots, produces an extreme amount of Methane. And it burns quite well, too.
I don’t like Nuclear power because the natural materials we need to mine are really expensive.
And Hydrogen’t too explosive. |
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| Gagnut |
| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 4:22 pm |
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| If it’s power, I’ll take it, really the only thing I’m concerned about is the price, with whatever power source it comes from. |
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| CarpeGuitarrem |
| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 5:53 pm |
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elf lvr wrote: fingolfin wrote: What about fusion? That would be nice.
I think that’s what corvus was talking about. As far as I’m aware, the only currently operating source of ’fusion energy’ is in the sun itself, because of the EXTREME temperatures involved, which are just about impossible on Earth, and if it was possible, it would be WAY too expensive.
Then there’s ’cold fusion’, but no one’s really accomplished that yet...
Forgive me if I’ve made any errors, I’m not exactly an expert on the subject.
You got it exactly right. Hot fusion isn’t feasible on Earth, and cold fusion hasn’t been discovered yet. But if we do manage it...it’ll be great. 100% best form of energy right there! |
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| Celebrimbor |
| Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:16 pm |
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| Could you tell me in a nutshell how Cold Fusion Works? It is not discussed in my biology or Chemistry Books. |
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| fingolfin |
| Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:10 pm |
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elf lvr wrote: fingolfin wrote: What about fusion? That would be nice.
I think that’s what corvus was talking about. As far as I’m aware, the only currently operating source of ’fusion energy’ is in the sun itself, because of the EXTREME temperatures involved, which are just about impossible on Earth, and if it was possible, it would be WAY too expensive.
Then there’s ’cold fusion’, but no one’s really accomplished that yet...
Forgive me if I’ve made any errors, I’m not exactly an expert on the subject.
Personally, I think that ethanol should be a more widespread energy source, because we can produce it, and a lot of it, for relatively cheap prices. I think it should be put into production more, at least until we can find a better alternative (like making hydrogen work).
Ze probplhem wit Ethanol iz that it haas a relativly ’ow Umm... Low string of something, I heard it at a farm meeting somewhere but it was like that, and it is about 20 cents cheaper per gallon to do Normal. |
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