Creative Apsect

Nuclear energy has had my eye since I started this capstone project, and a large chunk of my research ended up around the topic so I figured I would create a Prezi on nuclear energy.
The Prezi can be found at the link below.

http://prezi.com/kjiejsjhkbvn/untitled-prezi/?kw=view-kjiejsjhkbvn&rc=ref-43948027

Oil Wars

 

The use of fossil fuels has become the addiction of the modern civilizations. This Documentary stated that the past few wars haven't been about peace, more of control and oil profiteering. The biggest problem with oil wars is the fact that the oil has turned from a substance to the weapons itself.

With the use of oil as a new weapon renewable energies have a safer look from the start. The fact that countries are fighting to use an environmentally unsafe substance seems almost counterproductive, in every way.  It not very logical for me to think that human’s lives have been sacrificed for the continued use of oil in some countries.

Article found in this blog can be found at: http://documentaryheaven.com/energy-war/
Photographic found in this blog can be found at: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdg1BE0OR5fa8CtP5N1rHCFY6JpH3nz0vpe-iPysHhtlnXazpD6kPPo0fTZQSH3Bj02edx5ZPJKaT9QhaM3uMRaSKYG204WS8LohKFGtyTSyBlb6tKnSp5SwRSEciUWIIsr4GhuGrewrE/s1600/energy+wars.jpg

Heavy Energy

Biomass energy is the use of a plant substance for the creation of energy. Biomass energy is normally used with the batteries. Biomass energy still creates CO2 emissions but the its barely a fraction to what there is from the fossil fuels.

Biomass seems as plausible as a future as all of these other. The use of biomass seems almost silly after the fact that there are nearly emissions free stuff such as solar and wind power, but if it could slash some of the usage of fossil fuels like all other energy. The changing of energy is moving towards a side that truly wants to have a lower emissions usage.

Article found in this blog can be found at: http://vimeo.com/17106666
Photographic found in this blog can be found at: http://innovativesolarsystemsllc.com/wp-content/uploads/solar-power-generator.jpg

Open Sky

A solar thermal energy is a system of solar panels that use mirror that allow it to reflect and create a large sum of electricity. The president of solar industries association, Rhone Resch, says the sun is our number one prospected source of our future energy. The solar energy has ton of possible factions of its own. There are already some types of solar power that have large outputs, such as this solar thermal.

With the source of the energy to be used off a constant source, such as the sun is a great an idea. The use of something that is going to be as constant as solar power is an amazing idea, considering that the solar power is used to turn turbines, much most other modern energy creators. Once the storage is much easier, the whole energy race will have an easier time filling in the shoes of the oil industry.

Article found in this blog can be found at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18595746
Photographic found in this blog can be found at: http://innovativesolarsystemsllc.com/wp-content/uploads/solar-power-generator.jpg

Sea Breeze

Wind power is the prodigal son. Wind has as much solar, but wind can be set on almost anywhere around the world where as the solar power can only work where the sun is showing. The prospected idea of wind power is the use of an offshore wind farm around wind coast. The generator is the greatest necessity of the new age wind generator where we will need a greater storage system.

With wind power and the hydroelectric is sounds like the coasts have the greatest sources of energy. Then solar and wind can control inland. The future of energy will easily be able to control the demands of society. CO2 emissions are almost impossible to avoid with any of these energy sources, but these sources can slice the amounts down dramatically.

Article found in this blog can be found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz_L6KuqvFI
Photographic found in this blog can be found at: http://static.offshorewind.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Offshore-Wind-Power-Production-Revenues-to-Reach-USD-104-Billion-by-2017-USA.jpg

TED Talks Energy

The video talks about how the us economy can easily thrive off of the energy change. He starts by stating that the main need to change this epidemic of the CO2 emissions, we need vehicles that can be lighter and on a different energy source than the modern engine. He also states that humanity can be getting off of the oil by the year 2050. Other countries have started to create a greener environment, with the start of solar energy.

With other countries pushing the renewable energy source, it shouldn’t be long after the USA will follow in. The biggest concern has been vehicles for almost all of the countries; I think that it is truly interesting that the giant factories and power plants aren’t up on the concerns. Although it makes sense considering almost all of the modern societies have people using cars and vehicles

Article found in this blog can be found at: http://www.ted.com/talks/amory_lovins_a_50_year_plan_for_energy.html
Photographic found in this blog can be found at: http://media.popularmechanics.com/images/amory-425-1107.jpg

Flow With It

Waves are constant in the oceans; they never really stop, unless you are on the shore when the tides are changing. According to this source, there are many coastal regions that are using the natural waves to create some extra input of energy. They then explain that there are multiple types of energy that can be used, there are on shore sensor and there are also the sensors for open bays and coves to be out of the way of animal and persons flow. They talk about how these sensors can create large amounts of energy, upwards of 680 terra watts hours a year.

Even if it is not super affective for the internally lying cities in the United States and other countries, this isn’t really an option, but for the coast to be using the sheer power of waves to create and store large amounts of energy. This is also goes with the idea of using the rivers to create energy just by the current alone. I think it is truly amazing that these can cause such drastic change to how much energy we have just by having it sit there and go with the flow of the water.

Article found in this blog can be found at: "Ocean Wave Energy." BOEM Homepage. Bureau of Ocean Management, n.d. Web. 01 May 2013.

Photographic found in this blog can be found at: http://www.boem.gov/uploadedImages/BOEM/Renewable_Energy_Program/Renewable_Energy_Guide/Wave-ParkS.gif?n=257