| Anyone who is environmentally minded should be | | | | can be used for your home's needs right away or |
| thinking about green power especially with the | | | | stored in batteries for later use. |
| depletion of fossil fuels being imminent. Aside from the | | | | Wind |
| fact that we are simply running out of them and the | | | | Windmills have been used for ages, but today's wind |
| price is becoming exorbitant, fossil fuels pollute the | | | | turbines are a far cry from the scenic windmills of |
| environment and there is just no excuse to be rely on | | | | Holland. Be that as it may, wind can be a powerful |
| them going forward. | | | | energy producer and there are many turbine farms, as |
| Green energy sources are a much better bet for the | | | | well as individual turbines for single family homes, |
| future. Energy from these sources is sustainable and | | | | throughout the US that help in renewable energy |
| renewable - things like the water, the wind in the sun | | | | production that doesn't produce any pollutants. |
| will never run dry and if we use them properly and | | | | Biomass |
| responsibly we can be assured to have an infinite | | | | Biomass actually refers to any biological material either |
| supply of energy that will not harm our environment. | | | | living or recently dead. Technically fossil fuels could be |
| Green power sources include the following: | | | | considered biomass but they've been dead for so long |
| Water | | | | that their structure is changed and they are not quite in |
| There's actually several applications of water when it | | | | the same category as things like wood. Burning wood |
| comes to power. You're probably familiar with the | | | | or sugarcane is considered biomass fuel and since we |
| Hoover Dam, which produces energy by running | | | | can replant these things they are considered |
| power through the Dam. In a similar application, one can | | | | renewable. While they do cause carbon dioxide to be |
| actually use the current of a river to produce power. | | | | released into the air, the live versions of these actually |
| Additionally, scientists are now researching using the | | | | absorb carbon dioxide so if you are replanting as much |
| power of the tide as well is the power of waves for | | | | wood as you burn the net pollution would be negligible. |
| sustainable energy production. | | | | Looking towards the future, green power is definitely |
| Sun | | | | the way to go. Certainly, we haven't researched these |
| Solar power is probably what comes to mind first | | | | alternatives as much as we should have in the past |
| when you think of renewable energy. This type of | | | | but now it is obvious that we must come up with a |
| power uses the radiation from the sun to produce | | | | different solution to meet our energy needs. Hopefully |
| energy. Solar power can be as simple as having solar | | | | research will increase on all these fronts and we will |
| panels on your home or as complicated as a solar | | | | soon be able to produce energy in a clean and |
| power plant that generates electricity for a town. Solar | | | | renewable manner that will serve us for generations to |
| power relies on solar panels that collect the radiation | | | | come. |
| from the sun and turned into energy. Once collected, it | | | | |