D.+Lazarev+and+M.+Higgins+Energy+or+Water+Wiki

=__Energy Wiki by Matt Higgins__=

Subject of energy: Wind Power 1. What is the problem at hand? The problem at hand is that America is stealing all of the fossil fuels in the world. The natural abundance of gasoline is being depleated. The use of coal and other fossil fuels are destroying our atmosphere.

2. What is the driving force of the problem? The force of the problem is that scientists haven't thought of another source of energy that can be easily used across the world by normal people.

3. What are people currently doing or not doing to solve the problem? Scientists are trying to come up with alternative fuel sources, but most of these are still expirimental. Hybrid cars are flying out of the dealerships, and the fuel economy of cars is being raised to 48 MPG's.

4. Pick your favorite source and Explain how it works. We chose Wind Power. The way wind power works is a Wind Mill, or a tall tower with a large propeler, that catches wind and turns it into energy. As the propeler spins, it turns some gears, which spins a generator. The generator produces energy, in the form of electricity.

6. Determine the amount of CO2 it produces or inhibits. The only amount of CO2 that is produces is very small. The only CO2 comes from the diesel engine used to get the propeler moving. After that, none is used.

7. determine the amount of water it can generate or purify A windmill can't really generate water, but the electricity it makes can be used in purification plants or sanitation plants.

8. highlight the best aspects of it The best aspects of a windmill or windfarms is that it is relatively low maintance. Other than repairs after heavy wind storms and lubrication of moving parts, nothing needs to be replaced often.

9. describe how the critics would discuss it 10. If it already makes up a lot of the world's fuel/energy supply explailn why. 11. If it doesn't make up much of the world's fuel/energy supply explain why.

13. Try to include quotes from scientists or policy makers. 14. Explain how it could help solve some of the problems or contributes to those problems. Windmills can help with the problem of gas and other fossil fuels because none of those fuels are needed or produced by them. They give off no harmfull gases, and they are environment friendly.

15. Explalin what it would take to do your thing better or in a larger scale. All that is needed to produce more windmills and wind farms are more open areas, and the materials needed to make them.

16. Explain who uses that technology and why. If it isn't used very much explain that instead. Windmills were often used by farmers, to crush grain, to make bread. Now, they use them to generate electricity. You can often relate windmills to Holland, where there they were widely used.

17. After learning about it what would you do next to change how its used? why? As unorthodox as this sounds I would try to fit one on my car.