Your Questions About Sustainable Energy Development
Ruth asks…
What is Canada’s role in sustainable development projects?
I need to study for my Biology test (grade 12) and I can’t seem to find this information anywhere.
If someone could give me a link or something helpful, that would be great.
Thank you!
admin answers:
You would have to be more specific, sustainable development of what? In an energy sense, Canada pursues many alternative energy techniques (for example wind farms and solar energy). The best way would probably be to talk about government incentives on sustainable projects. You would have to research them, but the Canadian government provides subsidies and tax breaks on sustainable powered homes, cars, business, etc.
Hope this helps.
William asks…
How are renewable and non-renewable energy sources diffrent?List two examples of each of these types of energy?
How are renewable and non-renewable energy sources diffrent?List two examples of each of these types of energy
admin answers:
I am glad you are interested in this question because it is important that we should reduce our reliance on non-renewable resources. Future generations will not thank us for wasting such resources.
Coal and oil are examples of non-renewable energy sources. They are fossil fuels obtained from the ground and were created millions of years ago during a phase in the earth’s development that is over. So as we use these resources less is available for the future. Furthermore burning fossil fuels creates pollution.
Solar panels and wind mills are examples of renewable resources because collecting such energy has little or no impact on its availability for the future.
But it may be worth pointing out that the term “renewable” is confusing. What we really mean is “sustainable”.
Best wishes for a more sustainable future.
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Your Questions About Renewable Energy For Kids
Robert asks…
What do YOU think about limiting the amount of kids a family can have?
I’m writing a persuasive essay on this topic. I believe in global warming and that a major cause of it is over population. Maybe if we limit 2-3 kids per family it will help the environment. I want YOUR opinion. Is this a good idea? Bad idea? Would it work? Anything helps =]
admin answers:
Population isn’t the problem, it’s the prevalent waste of resources and lack of renewable energy use.
Sharon asks…
Anyone else feel a car czar is kind of a slap in the face of the already strapped American taxpayer?
And while our government is at creating more beauracracy and entities …What about a trade deficit czar? or a jobs going overseas czar?..Jobs over the border czar? …Illegal immigration czar?…Wall street corruption czar?..renewable energy czar?
The press stated that the appointment of the car czar would ease tensions and allow passage of the bail out money.
admin answers:
Exceptionally good point, Big Bro.
I suppose car czar is to inflict accountability on the big 3. Which is a bit like closing the barn door after the horse has gone.
But if the loan has already had monies sitting there (for how many years?) for developing green cars, making them account for every single penny would be a refreshing change. Hopefully, such a person could keep the UAW in check.
Maybe we could get the other czars nominated retroactively!
Incidentally, speaking of unions — how about this one in Chicago where the workers have taken over the company and are “sitting in” because they weren’t given 60 days notice before being laid off? Who cares if the company is simply unable to get a loan to pay their wages? They’d better get out and sell their first born kids or something.
We need a union czar.
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Your Questions About Sustainable Energy For All
Sandra asks…
Governments and industries are really concerned to work towards sustainability ?
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It is not enough that we merely switch energy sources or technologies, while maintaining an economic structure based on growth. Industrial mass production and global monoculture , no matter the system of government managing them, are antithetical to sustainability.
Overall, a sustainable economy requires that we drastically downscale and relocalize production, consumption and trade to the human level.
They make a lot of propaganda about new sustainable energy projects but how far does this environmental concern ?
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admin answers:
Good luck with that, you’ll need it.
If all economies drastically down scaled, all governments lose all their taxes. Won’t ever happen, governments exist in order to create more bloated government.
Helen asks…
Should we have listened to Jimmy Carter and tried to lessen our dependence of oil and move toward more?
sustainable energy sources in the 1970’s?
Carter started and ethanol program which Reagan promptly stopped after Carter’s defeat. Reagan, to make a statement about which direction we would go, removed the solar panels from the White House roof when elected.
More intelligent societies like German who refuse to be lead my the nose by their corporate masters are light years ahead of us in solar technology.
If we don’t wake up, we will be using solar and wind technology purchased from the Chinese.
Most Americans aren’t smart enough to realize that we are sacrificing our future, our economy and our environment for the sake of oil companies.
admin answers:
Ethanol costs more than twice what gasoline does and causes food prices to rise because there being depleted for fuel. What we should do is tap our own vast resources of oil which is several times that of the middle east. Solar panels are a joke at best they are a supplemental energy source.
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Your Questions About Renewable Energy
Daniel asks…
How could I get an insight into renewable energy, with possibly a summer internship?
I’m 16, and will be 17 by the summer, I’m still in Secondary school and I would really like to get some sort of insight into renewable energy over the summer, as I would like to persue a career in that field. I live in Ayr in Scotland, so it would have to be near there possibly out to glasgow. I’ve no idea how to go about it, and I don’t know what company I could go to either. The company I could think of is EDF Energy. I thought of maybe writing an email and asking if I could come in and maybe help out, getting coffee etc. Any help would be great!
admin answers:
Hi Alice. Not being from Scotland, or the UK, I would offer two suggestions. First, get a subscription to a magazine called, “Home Power.” We started reading it 13 years ago, and 12 years ago we went to one of the energy fairs listed in the magazine. Today our home is powered by the wind and sun, and we teach solar power seminars at the local schools, and host field trips to our home for the kids regularly. You interest is a bit deeper than just setting up some panels, and that’s great. Any possibility of finding your way into an internship would pretty much require you have some expertise in the area, not schooling, just better than basic understanding. Starting with that magazine is a great first step. In the back is a calander section that lists happenings, such as fairs.
There is a really big fair each year in Aberdeen each May, I don’t know if you can work out a trip there, but the great thing about a fair is you can learn a lot quickly, and meet just about anyone worth meeting if you want to get involved somehow. The fair we went to had the entire editing staff for that magazine in one booth, and since then I’ve contributed a couple articles for them they have published. There might be other fairs closer to your home, but I’ve clipped the website to the group hosting the Aberdeen one below for you. Try googling, “Energy Fairs in Scotland.”
Any up and coming technology or business is always looking for someone like yourself, who is interested in the technology or work, has energy and some knowledge, and wants to help. The job facing you is just connecting with the right people. An energy fair is the best place to go if you can get to one and have an interest in working in renewable energy. The second link is for a listing service that have some energy fairs listed in Scotland, worth looking into in your case. It’s a great field Alice, and I encourage you to get involved any way you can. Start by learning all you can about the technology. Take care, Rudydoo
David asks…
What are the effects of renewable energy used in 3rd world business?
For a graduate project in Asia, I am looking at renewable energy and its effects on growing businesses. I want to look at developed and developing businesses that use renewable energy. Can anyone point me in the right direction with regards to finding areas in Asia to research? I wanted to stick with 3rd world.
admin answers:
The best renewable energy is oil & gas. Our plants recycle Co2 into oil & gas.So we will never run out of oil.
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Your Questions About Renewable Energy Certificates
William asks…
I have a lot of inventive ideas but no money to build a prototype, is there any company/person that can help?
I have all these inventive ideas from renewable energy to engine modifications, but my down fall is finding the right people to work with to bring this ideas to fruition. I don’t have the money to paten it let alone building a prototype. I need a reputable company or an honest individual that wouldn’t take my ideas and dump me. I have attained certificates in Electrical Engineering and Automotive Engineering and in merging these acquired knowledge I ‘ve come up with a lot of ways to make waves in the engineering department. With a couple of belts, gears and shafts a lot of modifications can be made to change the operational features of an engine. So if there is any company that you know of or any individual that would like to get into partnership with me, please contact me via email.
admin answers:
Darlin’, please be careful, there are a lot of sharks in those waters.
Write your idea down send it off in a certified letter to yourself and then hang on to it in case you ever need to prove it in court.
Same for if you do find a partner, send all info in a cert letter and then to a safety deposit box.
People will beat you unconscious for $10 .
Careful when they seem to eager to hear your ideas and give nothing in return
George asks…
Will Renewable Energy Certificates still be around after July 1 2011?
Who generates these certificates?
What do they do? Who receives the benefits of them?
Have the NSW state govt policy changes made them redundant?
Thank you.
admin answers:
You can still study Renewable Energy At my TAFE in Melbourne so i don’t see why it shouldn’t be the same in NSW
sorry that it doesn’t really answer your question.
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Your Questions About Sustainable Energy Technologies
Mary asks…
What are the significant roles of energy in the economic and social progress of a country?
what i mean in the “energy” is the energy like electricity… not the one that is the ability to do work..
thanks.. ^_^
admin answers:
The historical role of energy use in the social and economic progress of mankind is reviewed and related to current energy policy issues.
The conflicting aims of energy conservation and of economic growth are analyzed in some detail with particular reference to the developments following the 1973-74 oil embargo and precipitous increase in world oil prices.
The growing importance of natural gas in the world energy balance is considered in the light of difficulties encountered when supply can no longer meet growing demand and decisions have to be made on alternate means of supplementation.
In this regard, the issue of the relative economics of electric energy supply and the direct use of hydrocarbon fuels from either petroleum or synthetic sources will be considered
Energy is essential to economic and social development and improved quality of life. However, sustainable patterns of production, distribution and use of energy are crucial. Fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) will continue to dominate the energy supply situation for many years to come in most developed and developing countries. What is required then is to reduce the environmental impact of their continued development, and to reduce local health hazards and environmental pollution through enhanced international cooperation notably in the provision of concessional finance for capacity development and transfer of the relevant technology, and through appropriatenational action.
In developing countries sharp increases in energy services are required to improve the standard of living of their growing populations. The increase in the level of energy services would have a beneficial impact on poverty eradication by increasing employment opportunities and improving transportation, health and education. Many developing countries, inparticular the least developed, face the urgent need to provide adequate modern energy services, especially to billions of people in rural areas. This requires significant financial, human and technical resources and a broad-based mix of energy sources.
The objectives envisaged in this section should reflect the need for equity, adequate energy supplies and increasing energy consumption in developing countries and should take into account the situation of countries that are highly dependent on income generated from the production, processing and export, and/or consumption of fossil fuels and that have serious difficulties in switching to alternative sources of energy, and the situation of countries highly vulnerable to adverse effects of climate change.
Advances towards sustainable energy use are taking place and all partiescan benefit from progress made in other countries. It is also necessary to ensure international cooperation for promoting energy conservation and improvement of energy efficiency, the use of renewable energy and research,and the development and dissemination of innovative energy-related technology.
David asks…
I WANTED TO KNOW WHICH UNIVERSITY IS BETTER TU DELFT NETHERLANDS OR KTH SWEDEN?
I HAVE RECEIVED ADMISSION TO SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AT TU DELFT AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AT KTH.
I WANNA KNOW WHICH IS BETTER.
admin answers:
Havotf Univerdity
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Your Questions About Renewable Energy Jobs
Richard asks…
What kind of degree should I get to become a wind energy researcher?
I want to major in a field that will pretty much guarantee me a research and development job in wind energy. I am not interested in any other forms of alternative energy, so a general renewable energy bachelor’s won’t do. Any help?
admin answers:
But you will still have to include renewable energy in your searches because it is part of the whole gamut of a still wider and unfolding field … And so you will have to include in your searches solar energy and natural resources as well because, after all, the whole purpose of harnessing wind energy is to produce electricity and to support engineering involved in designing and manufacturing wind-availing technologies.
Look to those schools located in the Mid-west and west coast — where the greatest wind forces are located — Kansas, Oklahoma, for example, and California — and find what degree programs they are founding and that are underway.
Thomas asks…
Which candidate has a better plan for renewable energy?
I think this is incredibly important and I am trying to figure out who has a better plan regarding renewable energy.
It seems Obama is more specific about his goals in this area. All I hear from McCain and Palin is about offshore drilling.
What do you think?
admin answers:
McCain is definitely gonna drill, and Palin strengthens that orientation. Given that drilling will not impact our market prices for 10 years and then by negligible amounts. He has paid lip service to a few alternatives, with a small list of solar, geothermal and wind, because those are on every one’s lipsafter thee competitions speeches.
Obama is quite clear that drilling can be considered nothing more than a brief stop gap solution and that we need to turn to as many alternate techniques to answer our energy appetites as we can find. He stresses doing the research to come up with new energy frontiers, and following up on ones that have the least negative impact on theenvironmentt. He is also confident that this line of industry will create many jobs, and will encourage ourpopulationn to be more aware of the consequences of our energy intensive lifestyles.
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Your Questions About Sustainable Energy Companies
Carol asks…
can u give me some new ways of saving energy for future use?
i have to make a board on ”save energy for a secure future” and i need some new points not the old solar energy, turn off the light and all. i have that much of basic info but i need some new ways.
admin answers:
Hi
Here’s a fun but innovative product concept. Sculptures/furniture that illuminate with daylight charge using new more aesthetic material. Http://www.body-luma-lighting.com/
I think if you take a look at companies focusing on sustainable design, you will find some great ideas and information
Hope this inspires
Daniel asks…
What projects have the greatest potential for positive impact for humanity and the planet?
Towards the goal of a healthy, peaceful, sustainable world that works for all people and all life, what are the most important projects to embark on next? Which projects have the ability to do the greatest total good with the resource invested? Which should be done first from a strategic perspective? Which are most critical? Please refer to implementable strategies rather than general concepts as much as possible. Thank you.
admin answers:
The most implementable stragegy that I can think of lies in the field of education. Much has been done through the media and the schools already; however, much of the effort does not seem to be as effective as the people who initiated theses projects maybe wish it were. The strategies that are implemented need to be realistic and not for profit or exploitation on the part of individuals or companies. Businesses trying to profiteer out of the environmental issues appear to present a problem at some level, and the business approach might end up being a counterproductive force. Education requires relatively low amounts of tangible resource material and money for investment.
Separation of waste material is an issue that needs to be addressed. For example, people seem to dispose of their garbage in one place rather than to be bothered to separate the materials. They throw out plastic and styrofoam materials along with the ones that are biodegradable.
Composting can cost a lot of money when the purchase and maintenance of compost bins becomes a major part of the practice. I am sure that a hole in the ground in an inconspicous place would work just as well as a bin and be less revolting, at least in many places.
People need to be encouraged to rely more on their own energy than on vehicles that run on carbon fuel. Houses would be more energy-efficient if they were designed differently, without regard to solar heating. The media itself makes people want superficial things, and it often entices them into pursuing lifestyles that are not in harmony with the long-term wellbeing of the environment. It often portrays people looking cool while engaging in some gestures and activities that are ecologically damaging in terms of their potential in the long run. Unfortunately, the media is integrally connected with the sector of big business.
The recycling of computer parts seems to make a lot of sense. It costs money to manufacture new parts and it consumes a lot of energy. Nothing is wrong with rebuilding engines rather than investing money in new cars, which are costly in terms of investment on the part of the owner and also in regard to the potential for environmental damge in the manufacturing process. Small steps on the part of individuals can make a lot of difference. Even the purchase of reusable cups for beverages can make a positive difference. Motivating people to carry them is where the challenge lies. People also need to find new and constructive ways of earning a living.
Education about the use of natural products rather than synthetically manufactured ones and about the effectiveness of some home remedies for certain conditions has the potential do do a lot of good. However, the public should first be educated about what is wrong with the manufactured chemical alternatives. People need to be told in a direct manner and in comprehensible terms about the deliberate nature of much of the damage on the part of the system. Honesty is the key.
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Your Questions About Renewable Energy Companies
Jenny asks…
How do Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) work?
Is it an incentive to use renewable energy?
admin answers:
The basic idea that people who feel bad about something can buy them to get rid of the guilt.
The way that they work is that a very small amount (much less than the subsidies and tax breaks given to politically correct energy) of money goes to those who operate a wind turbine or solar panel (or even methane gas recovery systems at landfills, sometimes things that would have to be built regardless of whether any carbon credits were sold), the amount of money that the carbon offset actually provides is really too small to actually encourage use of politically correct energy, especially when you consider how much bigger the subsidies are (and they really are over-subsidised compared to how much energy they produce).
Of course there are renewable energy credit systems that do actually help, just that they cost so much more that the frauds out compete them (and governments don’t seem too interested in keeping that sector honest, some such schemes are actually run by the government, including some that sell more renewable energy than they actually generate (in other areas of the economy the word used for that is fraud)).
The main purposes that renewable energy credits serve are to act as indulgences and to help fool people into believing that fossil fuels can be replaced without using nuclear power (which thereby prevents fossil fuels from actually being replaced and keeps the coal and oil companies in business).
James asks…
University major in renewable energy social marketing?
I am looking for a university that has something to do with communication, marketing, and basically just telling companies to use renewable energy and which is suitable.
NOTE: I am NOT looking for anything related to engineering and such
What I need:
1. The majors surrounding the renewable energy in social marketing, etc.
2. The best universities in that major on renewable energy
Thank you so much, my future depends on the information!
admin answers:
Information is below.
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