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Convert Your Home Into a Complete Source of Renewable Energy
Author: Nicholas P Smith
But how should you do it? Would you choose solar energy to power your home? Solar power is the number one choice for most houses in America. It is produced by light and radiation from the Sun hitting panels that are able to transform it into energy. Then the cells send the energy to a storage generator. Here it the electricity is kept until needed, before travelling to indiviual devices such as your light bulbs. In recent years solar power has become highly efficient and what is even better is it is now possible (and not that hard!) to create your own solar pannels and generator. To learn how please skip down to the end of this article.
The other favourite form of self generating power are wind turbines. These are like windmills, and when the wind spins the mill around electricity is generated. These are more suited to higher locations, or at least locations with a bit of wind. They are very efficient and quite easy to put together. You will not have a 60 foot one in your garden, you can have a much sleeker, quieter version that will power your home.
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All three have their advantages, but geothermal wins because it does not depend on the whims of the wind, and because it is available 24/7, rain or shine, night or day.
There is no single best source. What works best in one area may not work at all in another. Solar is great, but only works when the sun is out, wind can work 24/7 but many areas the winds are seasonal. geothermal only works in specific geographical areas and is impractical for individual use. The best is a combination of energy sources to ensure no interuption in service.
you cannot scale up hydro or geothermal.
there is a limit.
wind and solar are better, although solar is only good a few hours a day.
not sure what you mean by hydrogen, but since there isn’t any free hydrogen to burn, that’s obviously not going to work.
i think that Lawrence Livermore NIF is coming close to demonstrating a viable fusion reactor.
if you live anywhere near, i think they conduct weekly tours.
but they have to do a background check.
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Coal, gas and oil are fossil fuels and are non-renewable (at least not for a couple hundred million years)
Coal is the most abundant fossil fuel. Most of it exists in the USA, China and Russia.
Nuclear fission is non-renewable because Uranium is non-renewable (unless one has a supernova handy)
The universe has the same amount of energy now as when it began. According to physics, neither matter nor energy can ever be created nor destroyed. One can become the other, however. (This is how nuclear energy works).
Depends on where it is you are moving. Windmills cost less than solar PV and generate plenty of power…if you have wind. Same for water wheels. You can get free heat from solar if you build your house with a trombe wall. The same, or a solar chimney can provide cooling. Good design can minimize the need for either. Builders will argue a diminishing return on thicker walls with more insulation, you have to decide how much “return” you want. Double the construction price of your house, you can virtually eliminate cooling and heating. You have to decide if the ROI is worthy of the investment.
Which implies an “alternative source of power” that is most overlooked: simple conservation. If your fridge is nearly 1/2 your electrical budget (a pretty good generalization), you can save a lot of energy by converting a deep freeze into a fridge. If most of the other half of your electric bill is hot water, install a 1GPM or 1.5GPM showerhead, turn your hot water heater down to 120F, wash your hands with cold water, buy a Marathon (or similar) water heater. Or build a solar water preheater (heating water from 90F to 120F costs a lot less than heating it from 40F).
Perhaps heating and cooling are your electric hogs? Get some caulking and caulk every wall seam around your house, both at the ceiling and floor. Use solar screens outside your windows in the summer and inside in the winter (!). Long eaves can also prevent solar heating in the summer, yet allow solar heating in the winter. Good landscape design can also help in this regard.
And then there is lighting and cooking and other smaller fry. Certainly look into CFLs. They’ll be required soon enough. Be sure that CFLs installed in the “hanging” orientation have adequate heat ventilation, as the heat they generate “pooling” in a fixture is the leading cause of early failure (it can easily cut their lifespan in half). Buy xmas LED light ropes and staple them around your house — you’ll be surprised how much light they put out, and the light is nicely apportioned, instead of a single big glaring, blinding lamp. And they are WAY cheaper than edison-base LED bulbs. If you are designing your house, consider replacing portions of your windows with insulated translucent panels. These provide softer diffuse light when sunlit, instead of pools of harsh direct light which comes through clear glass, and can be way more efficient than double- and triple-pane windows. AND they reflect inside light at nighttime, making whatever lighting you use more effective.
Okay, I went way beyond the scope of your question, sorry…but, hope this helps!
Which renewable energy is the best source?
I have to write a report comparing and contrasting 3 types of renewable energy sources. One of my chosen ones is already geothermal, can you give me two more renewable energy sources that are considered the best ones? Because I have to choose which one is the best and explain why it is.
Thanks.
By the way if you can, make sure it’s a good source for CANADA.
Out of geothermal energy, wind energy & solar energy.. which is the best renewable energy source?
Which out of geothermal energy, wind energy & solar energy is the best renewable energy source? The best renewable source in Canada by the way. This is the wrong section, but a lot of people answer here so I thought I’d give it a shot, no rude answers please. Thanks in advance!
Which of the following is a renewable energy source?
Which of the following is a renewable energy source?
A.Coal
B.Natural gas
C.Petroleum
D.None of the above
2.Which of the following is the most abundant fossil fuel in the world?
A.Coal
B.Petroleum
C.Crude oil
D.Uranium
3.Nuclear fission is a nonrenewable energy source because __________.
A.it can be repeated infinitely in the future without recourse
B.the process requires the use of a limited resource, uranium
C.Both a and b
D.the world will never run out of uranium
What is the best renewable energy source for a small home?
I’m moving out to a rural area where my friends say power is very expensive. I’m looking for some alternate sources of power. Some tips on how to make the house more energy efficient would also be very helpful.
Survey: What is your personal oppinion of the most promising renewable energy source?
What is your personal oppinion of the most promising renewable energy technology? Whether solar, hydro, hyrdrogen, geothermal, ect. or even a combination of technologies?