Alternate Energy Efficiency?

Group Members
Andrew

Kumar

Andrew

Kevin

Merissa Bakos

Technology and Issue
Technology: Alternative Energy

Issue: Is it really efficient?

Advantages
Advantages of Nuclear Energy

•	A nuclear power generation emits low amounts of carbon dioxide. In other words, the emissions of green house gases are quite small that their contribution to global warming is little.

•	The technology for nuclear energy is readily available meaning it does not have to be developed first.

•	They tend to generate a high amount of electrical energy in a single plant.

•	The limited supplies of coal and oil in the Earth suggests that nuclear power plants could still produce electricity after these non-renewable resources become scare.

•	One ton of uranium produces more energy than several million tons of coal and several million barrels of oil. Which than suggests that a nuclear power plant needs much less input than ones that requires the burning of fossil fuels.

•	Nuclear power plants that are well operated do not release contaminants into the environment. In contrast, the burning of fossil fuels (coal and oil) pollutes the air.

Websites
Merissa's Websites

1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7186380.stm 2. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18551000/ 3. http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/countdown-to-new-biofuels-legislation-20080324 4. http://un-environmental-initiatives.suite101.com/article.cfm/potential_biofuel_problems 5. http://biofuel.org.uk/history-of-biofuels.html 6. http://www.top-biofuel.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 7. http://nrpw.com/history.html 8. http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/biofuels.asp 9. http://www.green-planet-solar-energy.com/what-is-biofuel.html 10. http://www.bnl.gov/est/erd/biofuel/

Andrew Obrejanu's Websites

1. http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/news/2005/10/69177

2. http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/15/new-solar-cell-efficiency-record-barely-achieved-at-40-8/

3. http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/renewable/solar.html

4. http://www.todaywasawesome.com/2008/06/17/solar-panels-suck/

5. http://www.rdmag.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=014&ACCT=1400000101&ISSUE=0809&RELTYPE=MS&PRODCODE=00000000&PRODLETT=M&CommonCount=0

6. http://www.forbes.com/2008/06/19/natural-gas-hydrogen-biz-energy-cx_wp_0620natgas.html

7. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3601/is_/ai_n27176988

8. http://www.aweo.org/ProblemWithWind.html

9. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/08/AR2008030802595.html

10. http://environmentallegal.blogs.com/sholzer/2008/03/are-you-sure-yo.html

11. http://www.katu.com/news/specialreports/19157944.html

Kumar's Websites

1. http://www.umich.edu/~gs265/society/nuclear.html

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_development

3. http://www.worldandi.com/public/2001/April/nuclear.html

4. http://www.sea-us.org.au/alt-energy.html

5. http://www.warriorsfortruth.com/nuclear-energy-info.html

6. http://www.nuclearfaq.ca/nukegreen.htm

7. http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/nuclear.html

8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power

9. http://nuclearinfo.net/Nuclearpower/TheBenefitsOfNuclearPower

10. http://timeforchange.org/pros-and-cons-of-nuclear-power-and-sustainability

Kevin's Websites

1. http://home.clara.net/darvill/altenerg/hydro.htm

2. http://library.thinkquest.org/20331/types/hydro/problems.html

3. http://www.worldofrenewables.com/page.php?pageid=48

4. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2008/04/18/bc-private-power-project.html

5. http://www.brighthub.com/engineering/mechanical/articles/7730.aspx

6. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1350150/posts

7. http://articles.latimes.com/2001/mar/31/news/mn-45165

8. http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gph/publications/GPH-Upec98.pdf

9. http://www.allbusiness.com/utilities/596096-1.html

10. http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/HN/article/viewFile/1164/1177

Andrew's Websites