Are solar panels for green energy worth getting?
Posted by admin on Jul 28, 2010
Looking at getting solar panels for house whole energy savings and to have a green element to my way of life. But my concern is that I think they have a limited shelf life of 10 years is this true? It’s such a large out lay for only 10 years of use. Could I be wrong?
Solar panels are warranted for 25 years. Generally, companies warranty for half the product’s expected life span, so they expect 50 years from them. We can’t tell for sure how long panels will last, because the first ones made are still working.
If you have a solar system with battery backup, the batteries do have less than a 10 year lifespan. But 80% of solar installations are straight to the electric grid with no batteries.
If you are looking for a good return on investment, look into solar water heating. It’s a much bigger bang for the buck for saving energy. Let the sun heat the water instead of the dirty fuels.
What is a reason to switch to renewable or "green" energy sources?
Posted by admin on Jul 18, 2010
A. There is more pollution with green energy sources
B. it is better for our envioronment
C. renewable energy sources are hard to replenish
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
Those don’t make any sense. Because there is LESS pollution with green energy sources and if it is REnewable then it is EASY to replenish. So its E or B…
What are the challenges with government pushes rural electric cooperatives for green energy?
Posted by admin on Jul 8, 2010
help me out!! What are the challenges rural Electric cooperatives face when the government faces for green energy.
Funding. Scale. Zoning restrictions. Practicality.
Where can i find reliable information about green energy?
Posted by admin on Jun 29, 2010
For school i need to do a project about green energy.
I want to know how much of the energy won this day, is green energy.
So maybe a link with a pie-diagram in it? I know i saw it one day, but now i cannot find it anymore.
THanks in advance 
this article about renewable energy sources in United States should be helpful to you http://renewableenergyarticles.blogspot.com/2010/01/most-important-renewable-energy-sources.html
What are some cons to green energy policies?
Posted by admin on Jun 18, 2010
what are some of the bad effects of having green energy policies for one and another thing is where can I find some statistics of how expensive green energy changes would be?
Renewable energy sources have environmental impacts of their own.
Hydroelectric dams create lakes that change the natural environment and cover up heritage sites while making it more difficult for fish to breed.
Windmills are an eyesore and cause significant deaths to birds.
All of these are cons, but they are all containable and have options to get around them.
Why does Obama keep going around telling people we need green energy?
Posted by admin on Jun 8, 2010
The only way green energy can break even is if our tax dollars are used to subsidize it.
The only green energy plan he has is to make us pay more money to use existing technology.
Why is he so misleading?
Whether you believe it or not coal and oil reserves will eventually run out.
I’d prefer not to have to go back to candles and horses.
Where could a person find funding for a green energy invention ?
Posted by admin on May 29, 2010
Someone I know is looking for funding to build a green energy invention. Can’t give details because inventions have to be protected, but if anyone knows of a real source of funding for this kind of thing your help would be nice. It has to be available to the average person though, not scientists and so on.
Also this invetion so far has no working models, but it does not use any kind of fuel and produces no pollution. It is a power unit that will be used to turn a generator to produce electric.
Great there are invention sites on the net who can supply funding advise .Do not use those asking for specifics of the idea. Also Speak to you state Representatives. Any Politician would love to get his picture in the paper, news with something of this nature.A great one could lead to his reelection
How are environmentalists and green energy plans NOT like Communists and five-year plans?
Posted by admin on May 11, 2010
I’m trying to argue that this author (who uses this analogy) is using fallacious reasoning. What are some obvious differences?
The author’s writes the following:
"Just as 20th-century socialists savaged capitalism for all the world’s ills and offered worthless “five-year plans” as a replacement, so today’s environmentalists savage industrial energy and offer us “green energy plans” that they assure us will work–once we give them the power to forbid everything else that has already been proven to work."
Any ideas on disproving this?
First, any such assertion is pretty silly. Our government doesn’t tell us where to live, what we must grow on our farm, and send us to the Gulag if we disagree with them. However:
- We don’t have plans — more like objectives.
- We don’t force actions (generally) we reward success.
- I haven’t seen anyone "assure us" that any plan will work.
Quite clearly, dumping old oil into the creek out back does get rid of it. For us. If it’s a problem for someone down stream, why should we care?
That kind of attitude is quite appropriate for the government to ban. It’s also appropriate to regulate air quality. Look up into your sky, and compare it with this:
http://images.google.com/images?q=china%20pollution
What are some advantages that nuclear power has over green energy?
Posted by admin on May 3, 2010
Its for a debate in school and I didn’t even want to do this topic. I was for green energy but the teacher is dumb. I’d like all the help I can get. Thanks ^_^
1. It’s reliable, working 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
2. It doesn’t waste a bunch of land.
3. It can be located pretty much anywhere (instead of where it’s windiest, sunniest, or whatever).
4. The cooling towers look cool.
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