Green Energy Post

jeremyascent questioned:


With the emphasis on saving money with not spending as much on gas…any thought how much electricity these electric cars will be eating up to charge.

dan586360 questioned:


I’m writing a paper, what are some disadvantages of electric cars? Also where does most of the electricity to our outlets come from?

Nathaniel F questioned:

How do wind turbines turn their circular motion into electricity that can be stored?

shmootz5 questioned:


Making electricity uses energy, and so does using gas. Is the amount of energy needed to creat electricity to power electric cars really less than the amount of energy used in a standard gas powered car?

Thanks!

jeffpatterson93 questioned:


I remember my teacher telling us about alternative energy and how about 80% of all electricity in the U.S. is coal power. And I remember hearing somewhere that coal is worse for the enviroment than gas, so wouldn’t electric cars just hurt the enviroment?

David H questioned:


They reckon it would provide enough electricity for a medium sized city. Excellent for the enviroment, but terrible for the poor islanders.

McCain drives me Insane questioned:


The 700 Billion, we are going to spend on Wall street gamblers, We could have invested in 350,000 wind turbines, More then enough to provide electricity for the whole country. Cheap, Clean, Safe American energy, and excellent jobs.

So what would do more to get the country going, A huge public works project like that, or for Wall Streets Greed?

dar j questioned:


im trying to find the size wind turbine i need. ive figured out my daily usage of electricity now i need to figure out how much a turbine makes per hour.

Bunz questioned:


Considering their alternative power comes from electricity, and electricity is produced by burning coal or produced by nuclear plants. Burnig coal and nuclear waste are hardly envirnmentally friendly. So are these hybrid cars really all that much better than regular cars just burning petrol??
You guys are right. I really spaced out the fact they recharge themselves! Brainfart on my part!

weepingwillow questioned:


Since I have told about natural gas, and watching the commercials covering natural gas, I have been thinking(which still hurts at times)about this:

1)If we increase the use of natural gas will the price not go up for this commodity?

2)How would we supply all of the states in the United States since this gas remains unstable during shipment? Most of the natural gas is piped.

3)If wind is cool during specific days for the wind turbines, would we not fall back onto natural gas for electricity thus spiking the price small term for the natural gas and electricity?

I wish I had the answers…………..