Where the air is pure and the water is clean,
the land is healthy and the plants are green.
Oil, Gasoline and Natural Gas have become prohibitively expensive over the years and we shouldn't get our hopes up that that will change overly much in the years to come.
We must face facts, our non-renewable resources have past the peak in terms of what is out there. Our use of Oil and Natural Gas is out pacing the frantic search for new sources, and unless something amazing is either achieved or realized, our children's children won't be able to afford the resources that are left.
Luckily for us, there are several renewable resources available to us and the technology is out there to utilize these energy sources. All of these have been around since earth first formed, in one form or another.
The sun, wind, rivers and streams, the heat of the earth, and hydrogen are plentiful, renewable and available to almost everyone.
Solar power, Wind power, Small Scale Hydro power, Fuel Cells and GeoThermal heating/cooling properties.
Read on for more information, links and statistics on each of these and more.
Solar Energy - one of the constants of our galaxy would be the sun...and we have the technology to harness the power of the sun to provide ourselves with energy.
Hydro Power - on a smaller scale, with the use of a moving water source, we can use that energy to power our lives.
Wind Power - if you live in an area that is windy a great deal of the time, you can use this natural phenomenon to provide energy for your home.
GeoThermal - Using the constant temperature of the earth (several feet down) to heat and cool our homes
Fuel Cells - Using hydrogen (obtained from Oxygen) to power fuel cells that can be used to provide energy for whatever we need.
Did you know? The first photovoltaic effect was observed by Edmund Becquerel, a French physicist, in 1839.
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