Energy of the future
Human beings have been energy-maniacs since they discovered fire.They have since used it for all sort of purposes from the holy to the satanical , to create as well as destroy and to enlighten as well as incinerate. It seems the circle of fire has come a full circle - the times when earth was terrorised by the humans' control over energy to the growing fear of 'oil'. This can be seen by the steady increase in the prices of the staple food of the economy.
The human world and the economic order so painfully created by the industrial revolution is sustained by burning thousand of tons of oil and gas per minute depleting resources and polluting the air we breathe.This state of affairs cannot continue for long , too much depens on it to be left to the whims of a few drops of black-gold.
The energy crisis enveloping the world is caused by the geographical concentration and separation of world reserves, this causes it to be subject to political fallouts from very explosive regions and shipping constraints.We must therefore go ahead in tapping energy sources closer to the regions of demand.
Of all alternatives to oil - electricity produced by hydel and nuclear means is the cleanest. Hydel power when designed with sensitivity can alleviate ecological concerns ,so is nuclear power whose ill-effects are much too exagerated.
Bio-fuels have strong contenders for replacing pertol and diesel and have undergone tests succesfully in many countries. Drinking Cars with ethanol drives are round the corner and bio-diesel for trucks.The biggest advantage to this alternative is that it requires minimal changes to the present machinary and moreover the pollution problem is significantly reduced by the use of atmospheric CO2 by the plants used in bio-fuel manufacture. The actual energy being derived from the sun a perernial source by the good old photosynthsis procedure, the carbon being just a carrier. This being in contrast to the current situation when the carbon of old forests are being burnt to change atmospheric CO2 levels and the resultant climate change.
Say no to smoking , yes to drinking for ur car - use green fuels.
Human beings have been energy-maniacs since they discovered fire.They have since used it for all sort of purposes from the holy to the satanical , to create as well as destroy and to enlighten as well as incinerate. It seems the circle of fire has come a full circle - the times when earth was terrorised by the humans' control over energy to the growing fear of 'oil'. This can be seen by the steady increase in the prices of the staple food of the economy.
The human world and the economic order so painfully created by the industrial revolution is sustained by burning thousand of tons of oil and gas per minute depleting resources and polluting the air we breathe.This state of affairs cannot continue for long , too much depens on it to be left to the whims of a few drops of black-gold.
The energy crisis enveloping the world is caused by the geographical concentration and separation of world reserves, this causes it to be subject to political fallouts from very explosive regions and shipping constraints.We must therefore go ahead in tapping energy sources closer to the regions of demand.
Of all alternatives to oil - electricity produced by hydel and nuclear means is the cleanest. Hydel power when designed with sensitivity can alleviate ecological concerns ,so is nuclear power whose ill-effects are much too exagerated.
Bio-fuels have strong contenders for replacing pertol and diesel and have undergone tests succesfully in many countries. Drinking Cars with ethanol drives are round the corner and bio-diesel for trucks.The biggest advantage to this alternative is that it requires minimal changes to the present machinary and moreover the pollution problem is significantly reduced by the use of atmospheric CO2 by the plants used in bio-fuel manufacture. The actual energy being derived from the sun a perernial source by the good old photosynthsis procedure, the carbon being just a carrier. This being in contrast to the current situation when the carbon of old forests are being burnt to change atmospheric CO2 levels and the resultant climate change.
Say no to smoking , yes to drinking for ur car - use green fuels.
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