Posted on 26 January 2012.
Question by anonymous: Identify one energy source that is an altenative to using fossil fuels?
and name a disadvantage and an advantage to usin this alternative energy
Best answer:
Answer by Andrew L
Wind, Advantage: It will never run out disadvantage: there isnt always wind everywhere!!!
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Sunlight
Advantage- Easy to find
Disadvantage- expensive to get solar panels and equiptment to transfer sunlight into energy
water turbines,
effective in turning the power of ocean waves into evergy
not everywhere is located on the coast
Wind. advantage: it blows itself. disadvantage: when it doesn’t blow, it doesn’t blow.
Water. Can be separated into Hydrogen and Oxygen. Hydrogen can then be used to power transportation, electric plants, etc. Advantage? Pretty plentiful stuff, and will re-cycle when used in this manner. Disadvantage? Highly voltatile, and hard to safely contain at this time, plus hard to safely dispense.
Man Power! (Your own muscles) Always conveniently located. Available for dish washing, car washing, laundry, . With available accessories (bike powered batteries) can be used for lighting and to run small electronics. Modern conveniences are available only when you are
PS Water turbine do not need to be at the ocean only. A small amount of water falling a long way or a large amount of water falling a short distance can also be used to turn water turbines
PPS perrinediane do you know that most electric is generated by fossil fuel? You must mean electric generated by wind, solar,water or nuke?
bio diesel from algae, and it’s here now. Petrosuns algae farm in Texas just came on line, and it can produce 10000 gallons of diesel fuel per acre per year using brackish water. that means if expanded or additional plants built it could meet all energy needs using the equivalent of 1/10 of 1 % of farm lands. so everyone is still fat and no drinkable water was used. Solix biofuels in Fort collins Co. is nearing start up as well as several other plants.
Solar
electric…advantage is that it is cleaner and you don’t have to worry about ever running out. I really don’t see a disadvantage except that if you’re using it for some things, they need to be plugged in either constantly or occasionally.