Renewal energy...... im not a rocket scientist, but.....

A blog post I wrote on energy sources a while back if you're interested:

http://theyorkshiretyke.com/2011/09/25/nuclear-power-is-the-future/

Reply 21

rcummins1

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Original post by kingkongjaffa

nuclear power is the way to go but badly designed old japanese reactors have scare mongered everyone into denouncing them/ look at france they are 77.1% nuclear and have never had a problem.

Damn Greenpeace...

Reply 22

Laomedeia

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Original post by JamalAhmed

Wind turbines make a lot of noise, take up a lot of space and don't really look that nice.

Some wind turbines actually look pretty cool. The ones near where I live were painted black with red stripes. The blades themselves each have their own colour.

Reply 23

cyfer

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There are a lot of 'Why don't they just...'

Another example is 'Why don't they just put magnetoelectric semiconductors near permanent magnets....?'

Just don't question the almighty physics :redface:

Reply 24

Rascacielos

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As well as the aesthetic problems with wind turbines, they also cost a fair bit to produce (relative to how much money they save when used, at least).

Reply 25

rcummins1

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Economically speaking, wind turbines are useless. As an energy source, they're unreliable.

From an aesthetic point of view, I actually think they add something to our countryside n coastline. Pity they're useless from a practical point of view, otherwise i'd be all for them.

Reply 26

jfranks

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ok consider this idea, a bit far fetched but bare with me...

unemployment, obesity and climate change are major human issues
electricity can be generated by rotating magnets near a coil of wire
so why not employ people to use exercise bikes; as the wheels rotate on the bike it causes the magnet to rotate inside the generator.
and this will generate power while creating more jobs and encouraging people to lose weight because they can get paid for it.
its just a thought

Reply 27

Laomedeia

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Original post by jfranks

ok consider this idea, a bit far fetched but bare with me...

unemployment, obesity and climate change are major human issues
electricity can be generated by rotating magnets near a coil of wire
so why not employ people to use exercise bikes; as the wheels rotate on the bike it causes the magnet to rotate inside the generator.
and this will generate power while creating more jobs and encouraging people to lose weight because they can get paid for it.
its just a thought

That is a very good idea. I will email this to DVLA to let the government know about it.

Reply 28

theyorkshiretyke

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Geothermal is pretty good, but you have to be careful how much energy you take out of the ground as you can end up freezing the ground if you take too much heat out. Its also quite dependant on your geographic location as some areas of the earth are hotter than others.

Reply 29

internetguru

Original post by JamalAhmed

Wind turbines make a lot of noise, take up a lot of space and don't really look that nice.

Cars take up space, don't look nice and make a lot of noise thus cars should be illegal.

Reply 30

JamalAhmed

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Original post by internetguru

Cars take up space, don't look nice and make a lot of noise thus cars should be illegal.

But cars do not disrupt the nice scenery in England so if they don't look nice, who cares. Cars also have roads made for them so the are not taking up space. I live in London and I have never felt that noise was a big problem, nor was it a small problem. Cars cause pollution which is the only negative I see... And wind turbines need to placed in massive fields.
"To obtain 10% of our electricity from the wind would require constructing around 12,000 mega wind turbines of wind energy capacity" - And that is just 10%. If wind turbines were the future, then we would need 120,000 mega wind turbines to give the energy the UK needs. This is not considering the fact that in the future we may be more reliant on energy thus we may need more energy therefore we may need more 120,000 mega wind turbines.

The future is nuclear in my opinion. They create a lot of energy within a single kilogram but they aren't being used correctly by some countries (Iran!)

Reply 31

internetguru

Original post by JamalAhmed

But cars do not disrupt the nice scenery in England so if they don't look nice, who cares. Cars also have roads made for them so the are not taking up space. I live in London and I have never felt that noise was a big problem, nor was it a small problem. Cars cause pollution which is the only negative I see... And wind turbines need to placed in massive fields.
"To obtain 10% of our electricity from the wind would require constructing around 12,000 mega wind turbines of wind energy capacity" - And that is just 10%. If wind turbines were the future, then we would need 120,000 mega wind turbines to give the energy the UK needs. This is not considering the fact that in the future we may be more reliant on energy thus we may need more energy therefore we may need more 120,000 mega wind turbines.

The future is nuclear in my opinion. They create a lot of energy within a single kilogram but they aren't being used correctly by some countries (Iran!)

I don't want wind power but I'm just saying that it is a ridiculous myth that they are really loud or that they look ugly. I think they look fine they are just wind turbines. Also nuclear can only be the short term future as it is not renewable.

Reply 32

zaliack

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Original post by jfranks

ok consider this idea, a bit far fetched but bare with me...

unemployment, obesity and climate change are major human issues
electricity can be generated by rotating magnets near a coil of wire
so why not employ people to use exercise bikes; as the wheels rotate on the bike it causes the magnet to rotate inside the generator.
and this will generate power while creating more jobs and encouraging people to lose weight because they can get paid for it.
its just a thought

Charlie Brooker already came up with this idea :wink:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/4od#3327867

Reply 33

theyorkshiretyke

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Original post by Daniel_R

Rubbish

This was posted from The Student Room's Android App on my GT-I9300

Not at all, I've just finished a module on renewable energy, if you take more heat out of the ground then the sun can put into it the ground WILL freeze and then you can get nothing from it at all.

Reply 34

DeathByBSOD

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Y Not This?

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Got Problem?

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 35

Daniel_R

Original post by theyorkshiretyke

Not at all, I've just finished a module on renewable energy, if you take more heat out of the ground then the sun can put into it the ground WILL freeze and then you can get nothing from it at all.

I thought the heat came from the planets crust? Maybe im wrong then..

Reply 36

User570431

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Need a mix. Not rocket science.

Reply 37

rmpr97

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This probably is going to sound dumb, but why can't we carry on mining coal (which will create jobs in this climate) and then store the by products underground a la land fill site, because technically the carbon there in millions of years will turn into diamonds - sustainability bitches! :P

Reply 38

theyorkshiretyke

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Original post by Daniel_R

I thought the heat came from the planets crust? Maybe im wrong then..

There are different types, the one i was meaning is more of a per household basis and isn't used directly for electricity production its used for heating of the home (Still saves energy).

Geothermal when you dig deep enough yeah its brilliant, there are solutions to all the energy problems its just getting governments to splash out on the schemes rather then spending money on stupid stuff.

Reply 39

Daniel_R

Original post by theyorkshiretyke

There are different types, the one i was meaning is more of a per household basis and isn't used directly for electricity production its used for heating of the home (Still saves energy).

Geothermal when you dig deep enough yeah its brilliant, there are solutions to all the energy problems its just getting governments to splash out on the schemes rather then spending money on stupid stuff.