tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36595060.post4931904397816534091..comments2023-10-21T09:09:27.356-04:00Comments on Life, The Universe ...: U.S Embraces Clean Energy, But Beware EthanolScott Nancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08137918088654268294noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36595060.post-68522373439586627802007-01-20T14:38:00.000-05:002007-01-20T14:38:00.000-05:00Thanks for your comment, Gregory. I think it's fai...Thanks for your comment, Gregory. I think it's fair to say that no one single renewable source will solve everyone's energy needs, but that we need to focus on using those renewables that are most efficient for our present situations while continuing R&D on renewables to further develop technology.<br /><br />Thanks again.<br /><br />ScottScott Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08137918088654268294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36595060.post-74356279288439766432007-01-20T10:20:00.000-05:002007-01-20T10:20:00.000-05:00It should be clear that Ethanol cannot be the one ...It should be clear that Ethanol cannot be the one answer to our energy woes.<br />Ethanol in fact burns much like petroleum products with many of the same byproducts such as smog, and both carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide. The push for alternatively generated energy can be seen in the canyon between Los Angeles and Palm Springs where hundreds of wind turbines are powering much of the needs of the entire city of Palm Springs.<br />But the true push for independance from our ever greater comuption of oil should be at home. New houses should have an optional upgrade of solar and wind power in their individual residential plot of land.<br />In the southwest where sun is nearly everpresent rooftops could be used to collect the power of the sun and convert it directly into usable electricity. Photovoltaic power generation is currently in its infancy as far as its efficiency in generating large amounts of power but if the government poured a tiny fraction of its war budget into a collective power system the results would be an overall decrease in the amount of energy having to be generated by burning natural gas, coal or oil.Gregory Renfroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09013787615049546791noreply@blogger.com