Sunday, January 25, 2009

alternative energy 2

"Many States Implementing Solar Energy Projects"

By: Angelique van Engelen

January 16, 2009

Summary: This article is about a project in which a company will install solar panels on 425 homes in a $50 million project. "The company will generate enough energy to power 1,300 houses." It will provide a good idea for what to expect in the future for solar power and its positive and negative attributes.

This article provides information on projects that are currently underway involving solar energy pannels on homes. Edison has planned to be the United States largerts soloar provider. They currently rent "607,000 square feet of ProLogis’ roof space in the Californian town of Fontana. Output will be produce 2.2 megawatts, enough for up to 1,426 households. Edison has plans to generate 250 MW of solar energy in around five years’ time." This is exciting news! I feel that my family along with many families will benifit from the trial. It will allow scientists and technitions to fix the tweaks of the system. Hopefully the solar power will become a main source of energy, reducing the amount of natural recourses that we are over using. With companies working at such rapid paces, the system might be effective very soon. "The main selling point of the panels is that they’re going to be professionally managed. That’s a great way of reducing your carbon footprint." I think this article is very practical and reliable because their are many examples of projects and solid statistics.

http://www.globalwarmingisreal.com/blog/2009/01/16/state-wide-solar-energy-projects/

alternative energy

"Algae Farming In The Face Of The Oil Price Situation - Still a Viable Alternative Fuel Source?" By: Angeleique van Engelen
on January 21, 2009

Summary of blog: This article is about a project that uses algae to clean the air of CO2 and other pollutants. The algae grows very quickly and can be made into a liquid fuel eventually aswell. The algae may also be a way to "get ride" carbon dioxide by allowing it to be buried underground.

I think this idea of an alternative fuel is very creative. It has multiple aspects that could be benificial such as having a place to store pollutants and provide an alternative fuel. Nevertheless it is thought to be quite expensive, much more than regualar oil is now. Ranging between 18-30 dollars PER gallon compared to the 2 dollars that it is now with oil. It is also untested so is could be subjected to harming the envirment just aswell. The competition for an alternative energy source will be to the consumers advantage. I would personally benifit from this project in the sense that the atmosphere may get cleaned up but i would never be able to afford it. This article is not that reliable because it it a very new subject and has not been tested anywhere. More research needs to be conducted on it or in different areas than one.

http://www.globalwarmingisreal.com/blog/2009/01/21/algae-farming-in-the-face-of-the-oil-price-situation/