for a science project, i need to answer the following questions;
Are there any harmful wastes produced by this technology?
Does this technology consume natural resources which can not be renewed?
Will natural habitats be adversely affected by this technology?
Are there any concerns to public health and safety?
any suggestions on where i could find these facts? aside from google…
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I need help, my science project is due and i need to find some enviromental facts and what do some experts say about it???? please help me!!
Solar energy is energy from sun light. Either by heating water or creating electricity with solar panels. Environmentalist oppose solar power. But then environmentalist oppose everything
http://solar.calfinder.com/blog/solar-politics/why-environmentalists-oppose-new-solar-power-plants/
http://www.heartland.org/publications/environment%20climate/article/25798/Environmentalists_Oppose_Mojave_Desert_Solar_Power.html
http://notrickszone.com/2011/01/17/environmentalists-oppose-their-own-planet-saving-projects/
What are the good things about solar power?
I need not just the fact but ALSO THE PROOFS (ex. the efficiency raised from 7–8% to 15–20%.)
energy created passively from a natural process with no emissions into water or air
relative consistency and abundance given a clear day
available over most heavily populated regions. Polar regions are not practical for solar power, but not highly populated either.
It would be extremely helpful if you could find the author on this website.
http://www.facts-about-solar-energy.com/facts-about-solar-energy.html
The citation needs to be MLA if thats helpful.
If there isn’t an author, any clues on what I should do?
The website was authored by Small Bizz Web Solution. It was created for facts-about-solar-energy.com You can use either of these as the author.
In text Citation:
(Small Biz Web Solution)
Bibliography Citation:
Small Biz Web Solution. Discover the true Facts about Solar Energy. 2005. 7 March 2011 <http://www.facts-about-solar-energy.com/facts-about-solar-energy.html>.
If you care in college, I strongly suggest you find an alternate source. Since this is not a peer reviewed source, and is in fact a for profit site, it is not a good source for a research paper. Try to search Google scholar for better sources.
Since it is a fact that energy cannot die, just change form. Was this universe just created from a previous 1?
Since everything that exists must die, including our sun and solar system and galaxies etc. Then it would make sense that the universe will also die, and a new one will form?
Yes! I don’t often hear the right answer to "Where did the universe come from?"
Because energy becomes matter, and matter becomes energy, it stands to reason that "existence" of matter and energy is the default position of the universe, not "non-existence" as is implied in the question "Why does something exist instead of nothing?"
"Existence is a self-sufficient primary. It is not a product of a supernatural dimension, or of anything else. There is nothing antecedent to existence, nothing apart from it—and no alternative to it. Existence exists—and only existence exists. Its existence and its nature are irreducible and unalterable."
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology; Leonard Peikoff; “The Analytic-Synthetic Dichotomy”
1. Solar Energy Concept: To some this idea may seem morose or even silly, however I believe an engineer would appreciate its value as would anyone who had the good sense to recognize a free multi-billion dollar concept. The idea is to replace the headstones in cemeteries with solar panels that have been etched with the deceased’s information, in any participating cemetery. The panel would be the length and width of the grave. At the base of the grave you would have a small placard. The land that the solar panel is placed on is effectively free, since the plot has been purchased for the deceased. The cost of the panel is effectively free, since it’s cost has been subsidized by switching the headstone for the panel.
Most cemeteries are located close to population centers. This one fact alone would allow real gains in actual recoverable energy by reducing line load losses that prohibit solar energy from obtaining a foothold in communities. The panels initial cost would be offset by the savings in not having to purchase the head stone. ( A rock produces no energy! ) The family of the deceased could be rewarded with an annuity that would help recoup burial cost in part and maybe in full! The solar panels would be clean, quiet, portable and easily upgradeable. The panels could be combined with any other energy sink a particular company might choose (fuel cell, flywheel, compressed air, geothermal storage, etc.). Greater return on equity for the cemetery, less green house gases, greater energy security for America and the world, a more robust and distributed energy source, increased productivity, more jobs and reduced or eliminated cost to the bereaved. The potential gains worldwide are enormous.
I wish you and yours good fortune in all endeavors,
Nice Idea by the way. Great Thinking
On a clear day the energy of the sun that reaches the surface of the earth is about 1000 watts per square meter, or about 100 watts per square foot.
At best commercially available solar panels can only harvest about 20% of that.
Even still, that is more than most plants capture.
Have you any idea? Please share.
Here are some surprising facts about solar energy…
Farmers in the "middle ages" oriented their fields in such a way as to garner the best and most sunlight for their crops.
The sun can heat a home, cool a home, power appliances, provide light, and much more.
A sufficient amount of sunlight shines onto the surface of the earth each hour of the day to meet the energy requirements of the entire world for 365 days.
It is possible to decrease the cost of water for a home nearly 50% by simply using solar power.
Even in remote locations it is possible to use solar power.
Solar energy and wind energy are both renewable.
Solar energy does not produce any pollution or damage to the environment.
You will find more information on solar energy and power at this site…
What do you think?
In my opinion the SS (Solar energy & Space tourism) have both huge potential compared to any other industry. Some facts:
- Solar energy supply has grown with 30% per year in 20 years – compared to this figure the need for hydrogen based electricity has grown with about 0.2% per annum – which is a difference in 150 times!
- According to thompson reuters, venture capitals have invested 90% more money in last year in green energy most of which goes to solar energy.
- Prices of solar energy have declined in hundreds of times ever since its beginning in the 70s.
About space tourism – the situation is immature compared to solar energy and almost any other business industry atm – but certainly has huge potential. For instance:
- Richard Branson’s virgin group: virgingalactic.com arranges orbital trips, costing about $200,000 per person and it seems that hundreds of people pay for that.
- HIlton announced some plans for a space hotel.
- NASA put end to the space shuttle program and replaced it with the times cheaper Ares program which will almost surely have it’s own moon program.
- "Moon property" prices have grown 40% for 3 years.
- Possibly, as energy gets cheaper – this will reflect to space tourism as well, so the space tourism might explode beyond the current predicted scope.
opinion?
10x!
This is not Yahoo Opinions, it’s answers. You are asking an opinion about a future prediction. My psychic is on vacation
what is the fact about earth that creates the unequal distribution of solar energy?
Need help on this question:
what is the fact about earth that creates the unequal distribution of solar energy?
Thanks!
That it is a sphere. At high latitiudes, the sun’s rays hit nearly parallel to the ground, and thus heat is spread over a large area (like tilting a flashlight at a wall. It forms a circle, but as you tilt it, it makes a larger and larger circle that’s dimmer). And that’s why it gets cold.
