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Mitigate the climate change effects through using renewable energy resources?


How would be possible to mitigate the climate change effects through using renewable energy resources focusing on bio electricity, geothermal energy and hydropower?

Let's be logical about this.

First one has to make the assumption that the climate is changing. next we have to assume that the extra CO2 we are generating is the cause of climate change, also known as anthropomorphic global warming (AGW). If one works from these assumptions, then you "mitigate climate change effects" by generating less CO2. The most obvious way to do this is to generate electricity using an energy source which does not produce CO2. in other words, replace a power plant run by coal, oil, or natural gas with one run by any of the energy sources you mention.

That's the simple answer to your question.

Hydroelectricity has a demonstrated ability to take market share away from fossil fuels which is what you need to do if you want to solve global warming. The only problem is that there aren't enough hydro sites for what you'd need. it would of course involve flooding a lot of land and so have big environmental effects along with getting a lot of protesters against it (many of the same people who say we need more renewable energy too) but from a technical point of view it'll work quite well.

Using biomass has the very big problem that we just can't grow enough to power our civilisation, attempts to use it as fuel so far have only caused food supply problems (remember that fossil fuels are biomass that was created over millions of years). Still, burning the waste methane from landfill will help (as CO? isn't as bad as methane and you also get a bit of electricity out of it) but that won't be much help.

Geothermal is a niche power source that only works in a few places, Iceland gets good use out of it but even there hydro is bigger, it can provide a little bit of help but nowhere near enough (hot rock geothermal is also likely to cause earthquakes along with being unproven at taking market share from fossil fuels).

Solar and Wind have big problems with reliability and require some other power source to back them up, hydro works well for that but the limits of hydro capacity mean that if you want to use those on a large scale you'll need something else and right now that means natural gas which means that they aren't actually helping very much (and may actually be hurting because the faster responding natural gas plants that you'd use aren't as efficient as what you'd use if you didn't need to be able to respond nearly instantly to the wind dying down).

In short, you can't actually do it if you stick with renewable resources, you must accept nuclear power if you actually want to solve the problem.

There is no such thing as renewable energy.
renewable:
1 : capable of being renewed <renewable contracts>
2 : capable of being replaced by natural ecological cycles or sound management practices

How does using solar power create more sunshine? how does using wind create new wind?
The closest thing is wood.

What climate change effects? your question's format doesn't specify what climate change effects you're trying to mitigate.
"how would be possible to mitigate the climate change effects through using renewable energy resources… " sounds as if you're asserting there are climate change effects resulting from using renewable energy resources.
Climate changes, always has, always will.
If you're talking about man-made global warming that's different. You first have to prove there's changes that need to be mitigated. So-called 'renewable energy resources' may reduce the release of green house gasses. However, in some cases the manufacturing, servicing, and distribution of these things produces almost as much green house gas as they're intended to prevent.
The term 'climate change' was adopted by the global warming crowd so that no matter what happens, hot, cold, rain, drought, it's your fault.

Like it or not, that is what is already underway due to government legislation and programs at various levels. The idea is to invest in energy that does not contribute to the carbon load of the planet. Don't forget that the most important tool is in fact conservation, both at the system wide level like improving transmission lines for electricity, and at the consumer level by getting a fuel efficient car or even an electric one and buying renewable sourced electricity for example.

Anthropogenic Global Warming theory (AGW) proposed that mankind's release of prehistoric CO2 back into the atmosphere was causing planetary warming. Socialist world wide geared up to collect massive new taxes on all sorts of fossil fuel use.

Then around 1999 the Globe stopped warming even though CO2 levels continued to rise.
Rather than admit to the theoretical difficulties, Socialists & Scientists changed the theory of 'Anthropogenic Global Warming' to 'Anthropogenic Climate Change'.though it is somewhat unclear exactly WHAT aspect of the Climate is changing.

Regardless AGW (or ACC) theory blames old world CO2 – hence ANY energy source that DOES NOT use fossil fuels is considered a 'mitigating' factor.

The term 'renewable' is applied to any power source being 'renewed' via Solar Energy.

So while fossil fuels WERE biologically created using solar energy – we are NOT using Solar energy to replace them, hence they are NOT being renewed, hence CO2 is going into the atmosphere and NOT being extracted.

Using Corn to create alcohol would be a good example of the 'renewable' concept since the corn plant extracts the CO2 from the atmosphere which is latter released when the Alcohol is burned as fuel. However much of the energy uses to process the corn comes from fossil fuel, so this method still releases a great deal of CO2. also as corn shortages consequently force world populations to grow alternative grain products using fossil fuels – so to be honest the use of corn based fuel alcohol probable INCREASES the rate of non-renewed CO2 emissions.

'Solar-electric is considered 'renewable' since the sunshine is converted directly to electricity.
Of course a great deal of fossil fuel energy is used to make Solar-electric cells so the mitigation begins only after the cell has produced more energy than it took to make.

Burning wood is renewable so long as trees are growing fast enough to 'renew' the wood being burned.

Hydroelectric becomes 'renewable' as soon as the power extracted by Sunshine 'lifting' water exceeds the fossil fuel cost of construction.

Geothermal & Nuclear however are NOT renewable. The Sun is NOT restoring the heat being extracted from the earth OR recreating the energy derived from splitting large atoms.
Of course if our sun were a bit larger it would produce 'nuclear' materials when it went nova, but this time frame begs the notion of renewable.

Still if you expand the time frame, even fossil fuels are to some degree renewable. Trees collect the CO2 that cars throw into the air. The wood & paper we make from these trees usually winds up in a landfill that we bury, and in a hundred million years or so those landfills will be pockets of oil.

Bob is absolutely correct.

Man is NOT responsible for Climate Change,….PERIOD!

This whole thing is a scam of biblical proportions designed to further erode your freedom and to further enslave you to the Banking Cartels and Fascist Political Organisations who seek to destroy the National Sovereignty of evry Nation and who's sole aim is a World Wide Dictatorship.

I am sorry to dramatise it in this way, but I really feel I need to.
Because it is in point of fact,…the truth.
There is an element, who have unlimited resources, and who have "agents" in Government and in "opposition" to Government who are seeking what they often smugly refer to as a "new World Order".
Now,..please do not make the mistake of thinking this so called new World Order is a benign friendly idea of all humanity living peacefully with each other,…it is NOT!
What these manipulators seek is nothing less than a World Dictatorship, modelled on the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany.

This is the truth.

i don't understand why people and scientists wasted more time and monies on less feasible sources of energy. why the hell not applying Tesla's cheaper Free Energy so that the entire planet would benefit all big and small.

this is why those so-called renewable energy is only focus for making more profit and not really serving the people. climate change was merely used as justification to do anything in the name of saving the planet earth.

Its pretty much real proven science that not only is it happening, but that we are greatly to blame for it. Not only would climate change from greenhouse gases be reduced, but it seems like it might be kinda hard to have a wind turbine spill that would muck up our coastlines. I wonder how much these "green" sources of electricity would be able to replace fossil fuels if we switched subsidies, give the bulk of the money to green and throw some token change to the oil companies and the terrorist middle east countries we bow down to now

Renewable energy sources have the advantage that the fuel is free and their use improves our national energy security without having to rely on imported fuel from potentially unstable regimes. Those reasons alone are good enough reason to use renewable energy sources.

If you believe climate change is going on, regardless of whether or not human activity is contributing to it, then you might well wish to explore ways in which human activity can mitigate it. The fact that a forest fire is started by a natural bolt of lightning does not mean human intervention can't help to reduce the impact of the fire. there is no reason the same shouldn't be true of global warming.

The extraction of fossil fuel (coil, oil and natural gas) is expensive and capital intensive. The creation of all that capital equipment to extract fossil fuel, refine it and move it around uses a lot of energy, the consumption of which causes pollution. Then, we we use the fuel, it creates more pollution. a large part of that pollution is carbon dioxide. Quite apart from any pollution, we will eventually run out of fossil fuel so its use is not sustainable in the long term.

Some people will say that carbon dioxide is not a pollutant because plants need it to grow but the fact is that plants had plenty of it before we started burning fossil fuel. The scientists tell us that the excess carbon dioxide we are producing is trapping heat in the earth's atmosphere which is slowly contributing to climate change. If that is true (I am not competent to say it is true and am certainly not competent to say it is NOT true), then using renewable energy sources instead of fossil fuels will reduce carbon dioxide emissions, so reducing the resulting 'greenhouse effect' that is said to be a major element of global warming.

I am not sure bio-electricity is (is this about energy from bio-digesters?) but geothermal energy (exploiting the heat stored deep in the earth) and hydro-electricity (using the flow of water to drive turbines to make electricity) do not produce carbon dioxide and do not involve any material depletion of their energy source so they are considered sustainable.

Some people will argue that global warming is not happening (though the weight of scientific evidence says it is) but there are good reasons for using more renewable energy anyway for reasons of economics, national security, reducing pollution and sustainability.

You can't. because man's use of energy is not causing climate change. The climate was changing long before man was even here and will do the same when we are gone.

What "climate change effects"??

BS with all due respect.

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The Good And Bad In Windmills For Your Home


It is exciting to know there is an alternate source of energy that can be used to meet your needs. when considering an alternate energy source such as windmill power, there are several things to consider. Stay open minded, and then decide what is best for you.

The first thing that might be an appeal of a windmill is lower utility bills. Some wind turbines are designed to harness the kinetic energy in the wind and convert it to electricity. However, small wind turbines may not have batteries and the amount of power generated relies completely on the wind. The point being that if wind is blowing at least seven to ten miles per hour, the wind will serve as the alternate energy source. if not, the wind turbine will have no output and the electricity needed for the home will be purchased through the utility company. in a normal residence, a home is provided power by a local utility company if the wind is weak or non-existent, and by the wind when conditions are better.

On the other hand, if the wind turbine produces more power than the house needs, the extra electricity in some cases is sold to the utility company, or there is at least a reduction in the home’s utility costs. this can be a nice little bonus that could help pay for the windmill that much faster.

The effects of power production from coal or natural gas generation on the environment might be another consideration for the consumer. Household wind turbines create no pollution when generating electricity. in order to provide electrical services to one home, the utility company generates approximately 1.2 tons of air pollutants which ultimately go into our atmosphere.

Consumers must consider the location of the windmill as well. Obstacles such as buildings, trees, or anything else that could prevent wind getting to the turbine would definitely be a disadvantage, making the cost of the wind turbine harder to justify. However, some companies provide towers high enough to place the wind turbine blades above turbulence and obstacles so you can enjoy alternative energy with much more efficiency and reliability.

Of course, the final consideration is the cost of buying and installing a small wind turbine for the home. Figuring out f it will be an investment and basically pay for itself over time, or end up being a money pit because of things like the possibility of no wind, constant maintenance and upkeep, as well as restrictions, laws, or guidelines about where the windmill can be located and its size, height, etc. this could be a big knock against the idea of purchasing a wind turbine.

It would definitely be in your best interest when considering the purchase of a small windmill for the home to check with manufacturers or companies that sell windmills, and learn as much about them as possible. Understanding the concepts of wind turbines can only benefit you in your decision about whether or not to get a wind turbine. whether you opt for a windmill as an alternative energy source, or look elsewhere, knowing what they can do, and familiarizing yourself with them makes this decision a whole lot easier.

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The Daily Advance


just hours after Hurricane Irene’s passage over the region, Elizabeth City appeared to be back to business as usual Sunday afternoon.

Big box stores, convenience marts, supermarkets and fast-food restaurants were back open, and business traffic was on the move.

At the Lowe’s Home Improvement store, Brent Griffin, a logger from Edenton was picking up plywood to cover a damaged truck window.

SEE OUR SLIDESHOW OF HURRICANE IRENE

“I’m just getting this for (Monday) so we can go back to work in the woods,” he said.

Stacey Lentz, a spokeswoman for Lowe’s, said management at the Elizabeth City store told her that the store is amply stocked with cleanup supplies and equipment.

“We are anticipating another shipment of generators and chain saws,” she said.

not too far away at the Farm Fresh supermarket, Patricia Williams, 39, a dental technician at the Elizabeth City Coast Guard Support Center, said she did not purchase groceries prior to the storm. Williams had been worried about food spoiling in the event of a power outage, so she made sure she had just canned goods on hand.

“and now I’m getting things that need to be refrigerated,” she said.

“It was OK,” Williams said of the crowds inside Farm Fresh Sunday. “I thought there would be a lot of people.”

Christy Phillips-Brown, a spokeswoman for Food Lion, said the grocery chain is working to restock items most needed after storms, such as ice and water.

“We will closely monitor our product levels at our stores and will restock items needed for our customers as quickly as possible,” she said.

just outside the Walmart Supercenter, Andrew Courtwright, 42, and his family were heading in to buy groceries and supplies Sunday.

“We had plenty of stuff” to ride out the storm, Courtwright, of Tyner, said.

“It was rough,” he said of Irene’s impact. He and his family were without power from about 9:30 a.m. to about 4:30 p.m. Saturday.

“It got a little hot in the house, but as soon as the power came back on and the A/C (air conditioner) kicked in, we were all good,” he said.

Courtwright noted that when he and his family lived in Norfolk, Va., they were without power for 12 days after Hurricane Isabel struck the East coast.

Michael Francis, 27, of Edenton, said he, too, was picking up groceries, mainly soft drinks.

Francis rode out the storm in Chesapeake, Va.

Levell Walker, 45, of Elizabeth City, who had just finished shopping at the supercenter, said she was “a little nervous” about riding out the storm.

Walker said she received phone calls from family members and friends throughout the night, some of them coming from as far away as Washington, D.C., Florida and Georgia.

“they were asking, ‘Were we all right?’” she said.

Williams, who also rode out Hurricane Isabel, said she wasn’t scared by Irene. She was a little concerned, however, when wind speeds accelerated Saturday evening.

She said she and her family were without power for about four hours Saturday. Because of that, they stayed the night at her mother’s house, which still had power.

Williams said the situation could have been worse. She noted that she was without power for at least five days following Isabel.

in the Pine Lakes subdivision, Cynthia Mastro’s family was cleaning up Sunday from the storm.

Cathy Gray, Mastro’s neighbor, said she only lost power at her home for 15 minutes on Saturday.

“We were blessed,” Gray said. “The worse thing for us is the cable TV went out. We consider ourselves lucky.”

Mastro said she lost a few window screens.

Because her home lost power, dinner at the Mastro home Saturday night was by candlelight. The menu included sliced tomatoes and cake. The family had more food in the refrigerator, but didn’t want to open the doors for fear it would let in warm air and hasten the thawing process.

“We had some water in the backyard, but we’ve had it a lot worse,” Mastro said. “I am very thankful, I am.”

Mastro’s family managed to buy 40 pounds of ice Sunday morning and is using that in the refrigerator and freezer until their power is restored.

there was hope that would happen soon. a green bucket truck was driving up and down streets in Pine Lakes working on lines about noon on Sunday.

Sean Ferrell and Hattie Poe were among the lucky ones too. Ferrell, 34, was staying with Poe in a home on Lambs Grove Road off Firetower Road.

aside from a little flooding in the yard, and a few lost shingles they weathered the storm pretty well, Ferrell said. Power was out, but only for a few minutes and cable television was restored when the power came back.

The day wasn’t without a few scary moments, however.

“We drove down toward Morgan’s Corner and on the way there a power line fell on the road in front of us,” Ferrell said.

The incident happened about 10 a.m. Saturday. Sunday afternoon they were sitting together on a bench overlooking the Pasquotank River in downtown Elizabeth City.

“We pretty much stayed in the house and watched the winds whipping the trees,” Poe said.

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Wind Farms Producing Electricity


Wind turbines are one of the earliest devices that are used for power generation. Windmills originated from the country Persia (present-day Iran) as early as 200 B.C. in Europe they appeared during the middle ages and the first electricity generating wind turbine was installed in Scotland in July 1887. since then new and improved ways and wind generator designs have been adopted to modify these electricity manufacturing giants to produce much more power from much less wind than ever before.

Wind farms consist of a group of several hundred individual wind turbines in the same location that are used for production of electric power on a larger scale. Today, there are more wind farms that abound Europe than any other continent in the world. The wind farms can largely be found in the plains and breezy areas in the United Kingdom. Wind power is the second largest source of renewable energy in the UK. in the year 2007 the UK Government agreed to the European Union target of generating 20% of energy from renewable sources such as wind farms and solar energy by 2020.

Turbines typically have two or three blades. The bigger the blades of the turbines the more energy they can capture from the wind. The wind turns these blades and the generator attached to it converts the generated mechanical power into electricity. larger turbines are grouped together into wind farms, which provide bulk power to the electrical network for powering big cities and thousands of homes.

Wind farms have been providing clean and green energy unlike coal stations and nuclear power generators as they do not cause global warming or any environmental disruptions. The British Wind Energy Association is an association for wind power, wave power and tidal power industries in the United Kingdom. it has been coordinating the statistics and intelligence on marine and offshore wind power in the country. SearchMe4 is a local information and online business directory that contains the contact details of the UK blades manufacturers.

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Wells Named Vice President and Site Director of Dow Michigan Operations


MIDLAND, Mich., Aug 29, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) –Rich Wells, vice president, Global Government Affairs and Public Policy has been named Vice President and Site Director of Michigan Operations. He replaces Earl Shipp who has been named Vice President and Site Director for Texas Operations.

in this new role, Wells will report to Carol Williams, executive vice president, Manufacturing & Engineering and remain in Midland. He will join the Manufacturing & Engineering Operating Committee. “The extensive experiences Rich brings with his past leadership roles in Government, Policy, Business and Manufacturing & Engineering will assure that continued momentum with our growth in Michigan Operations occurs,” said Williams. “Rich will be a very strong leader for this critical site for Dow and will be a great face to our community here in Midland.”

Wells was named Vice President of Global Government Affairs and Public Policy in October 2009. in this role, he was responsible for overseeing government affairs strategies in each of Dow’s major geographies as well as issue management and public policy development at the corporate level.

Wells had served as Vice President, Energy, Climate Change and Alternative Feedstocks having responsibility for the generation, management and procurement of Dow’s energy requirements. in addition, he also played a key role in Dow’s energy advocacy efforts and was leader of Dow’s climate change efforts.

Wells joined Dow in 1982 and has held diverse roles within Manufacturing and Engineering through 1998, when he served as Production Leader within the Epoxy Products and Intermediates Business. in 1998, he was named Global Director of Hydrocarbons and Energy Supply Chain and relocated to Terneuzen, the Netherlands. in 2001, Wells returned to the United States and assumed the added responsibilities of Business EH&S Director. He was named Business Vice President of the Chlor-Alkali business in 2004, and added responsibility for Dow’s Chlorinated Organics business in 2006.

Wells is a member of the Academic Advisory Board at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, serves on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, is on the Executive Committee of the U.S. Council of International Business and is President for the Lake Huron Area Council of the Boy Scouts. He has also served as Board Secretary for the Alliance to Save Energy and Vice Chairman of the Chlorine Institute Board of Directors.

Wells holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

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QL Resources plans to sell renewable energy


SHAH ALAM: QL Resources Bhd is looking at selling biogas-generated electricity from its palm oil mill in Tawau, Sabah, under the feed-in tariff system for Malaysia’s renewable energy sector, which is due to be implemented in December.

The system will allow domestically produced electricity from renewable energy resources to be sold to power utilities at a fixed premium price for a specific duration.

QL’s core divisions are marine products manufacturing, integrated livestock farming and palm oil activities.

Managing director Chia Song Kun said the biogas energy facility at one of the group’s two palm oil mills in Sabah would be commissioned this week. the biogas comes from the effluent resulting from the milling process.

“a 50-tonne-per-hour mill can generate two megawatts of electricity.

QL Resources Bhd’s palm oil mill in Tawau, Sabah.

“every palm oil mill can sell electricity if they do this (biogas energy). If this project is successful, we may look at selling green power to the Sabah government,” Chia said after the group’s EGM yesterday.

He added that the excess biogas-generated electricity could be used to power other utilities at each mill as well as for the the production of palm pellet biofuel, which is produced from palm oil mill by-products such as empty fruit bunches.

On the murky economic outlook, Chia said QL’s performance in the near future might be affected slightly by potentially lower demand for its premium surimi (processed fish paste) products.

“We think there will be weaker demand for higher grade surimi,” he said.

About 30% of QL’s marine product sales are from exports to countries such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China, Taiwan and Vietnam.

“We are still aiming for double-digit growth this year although the economic environment is not favourable,” Chia said.

For its first quarter ended June 30, the group posted a 3.7% year-on-year jump in net profit to RM27.8mil while revenue grew 18.2% to RM454.57mil.

QL attributed the growth in turnover to improved crude palm oil prices, better volume of palm oil fruits processed and higher unit value of feed raw materials.

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Why can't all automobiles be made with electric generators attached to the wheels?


This way when the wheel turns, it generates electricity to run the car and thus making the car more or less self sustaining.

well it is already more or less the case:
– your car has a generator for the battery and AC…

What you are trying to create is perpetuum mobile since the energy you take with generators, you have to create it first (mechanical energy) and you have to use it then

they could, but BUSH is to stupid and doesnt want to lose money by the profits with the gas money.

I'm no professional, but have you ever used an electric lawnmower and a gas-operated one?

If you make the electric lawnmower try to clear a spot with thick heavy grass, the electric simply won't pull it because the power usually lacks as opposed to a gas-operated one. In order for the electric one to pull enough power, it needs a lot of electricity. I'm guessing this is the same for electric cars, as I've heard on several of those car shows that they perform pretty lousy when it comes to speed.

Not too mention that these types of engines are usually more expensive to construct.

The simple answer is – heat.

Many hybrids use this system, but not all of the energy from the turning wheels is converted into electricity stored in the battery. Friction, braking, and resistance in the wiring all convert some of that energy to heat. When the energy is discharged by the battery, resistance in the wiring and friction in the wheels generate more heat, thus more loss of energy.

This is why where is no such thing as a perpetual motion machine (one that uses and produces all the power it needs).

I own a Toyota Prius. This car regenerates electricity from the wheels when you are coasting or when you apply brakes. Additionally you can place the car in a back gear that slows it down on hills or when you are coming up to a red light. This back gear directs the energy from your spinning wheels to a generator that produces electricity. The energy is then stored in the car's battery cells and is used when you accelerate. In a way this is a self sustaining condition. However, the electricity is consumed by the electric motor very quickly. The electric motor provides a great amount of torque and will get the car moving very quickly but, it consumes the electricity stored in the battery so gasoline engine power is required to sustain teh momentum. So, although the Prius does regenerate electrical power, it is not enough to completely sustain the locomotion of the vehicle. look for newer hybrid type vehicles coming in the next couple of years. Soon, there will be one that you will plug into an electrical outlet at your home or businesses that support electeric cars. You will be able to utilize this stored energy to make trips across town to distances as much as 150 miles without using any gasoline. Another note: Driving technique is very important to proper use of a hybrid vehicle. You must anticipate opportunities to allow your car to coast to stops and utilizize the back gearing to recoperate the energy into your batteries.
You are definitely on the right track with your thoughts on regenerating electricity with your wheels!

Well, it would still require energy for the generator to be turned, no matter how small, plus for the generators to be effective at all, they would each have to be roughly the size and weight of a conventional gasoline generator. (over 100LB) So, the energy required to turn the generators and to even move them would outweigh the energy produced by them a great deal, since the gasoline engine would still have to push the car's body along, along with the generators. Trust me, it's been though of before and it would really be energy wasted. The first rule of electricity is: "You can't get something from nothing (or something less than what you're going for)"

You are trying to design a hybrid.

If they spun all the time however, your gas mileage would go down, because it would burn more gas to spin the electric motors.

So it is only effective for them to work when the car is braking or coasting to a stop.

If you like the principle of generating electricity may I suggest you look at the Toyota Prius, Camry Hybrid (with the Nav Screen) or the Lexus 400h. I have driven all 3 and the screen really informs you how to maximize your electricity generation.

It also constantly records your instant gas mileage as well as a graph showing your best previous gas mileage. I always feel like I'm "driving for high score"

And with dependence on foreign oil and global warming, everyone should be driving this way.

Good Luck!

now if they just were applied on braking only you might have something…but not new to the world

When a generator is under a load it is much harder to turn.what you suggest would work but the generator may act like a "brake" under a heavy load. theres ways to overcome this though.
Also our politicians(BOTH parties) who own stock in oil would lose profits.

they can but americans arent buying them. the electric generator technology you are speaking of is what everyone else calls hybrid technology and there are already countless models on the market, while they are gaining popularity there only a fraction of the overall automotive market in america. every car absolutely can be made with the saving techology but maybe americans do not want to be bothered. i am hopefuly that the meaningful fuel efficiency increases being pushed through congress and the senate will have a profound impact on developing new technology in cars and seeing many more hybrids, and alternative vehicles on the road.

And how would the corporate HOGS make billions of dollars

Because you're making and removing energy, you can't do both and still go forward easily.

But there is regenerative breaking technology, which captures energy from braking.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerativ…

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How One Company is Using Algae to Offset Carbon


In its PR battle, ethanol has a carbon problem. It’s widely debated how much CO2 is emitted during the growing and refining of ethanol. But this much is certain: The debate continues, and it’s been a challenge for the industry.To find a solution, Tim Burns took a different look at the problem. Rather than seeing the carbon that is emitted from an ethanol plant as waste, he sees it as a commodity. That’s because he’s in the algae business, and algae love to feast on carbon. so on this particular farm in Shenendoah, Iowa, every day is Thanksgiving. Burns leads BioProcess Algae, which has teamed with Green Plains Renewable Energy, for the world’s first co-located algae-ethanol plant. The carbon emitted during the production process is pumped into bioreactors where the algae will grow. for every unit of algal biomass produced, two units of CO2 are absorbed into the growth process. The dried algae is then used to supply, not a car via biofuel, but livestock via feed.

Burns is interested in making his algae-based business profitable, and right now that’s through creating feed. Eventually, as profits clear room for a large-scale operation, the hope is that using algae to create biofuels will then become feasible. in the meantime, it’s assisting ethanol with its carbon emission problem. It’s all part of the link between food, feed and fuel.“What you’re really doing is you’re valuing carbon,” said Burns. “everybody who has a fermentation process and an emission of a CO2, that’s a wasted resource. If you can make a valuable product out of it, everybody who has that emission will look at that emission as an opportunity and not a headache.”Right now, the operation has moved into its second phase. and it was such a big deal that U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack was there to give the keynote at the dedication this spring. The best line of the day came from Vilsack: “this is a remarkable project … I don’t understand it totally, but it’s really neat to look at.” What he was seeing was a series of vertical commercial-sized reactors drawing from the ethanol plant’s carbon emissions. They’ve been running for about a year now, and they’ve produced a few tons of ash-free dried wholesale algae. The company is currently in discussions for an offtake agreement on the feedstock. Once that is in place, they hope to begin the process of building up the algae production to manufacturing scale.“Once we get these acres down and we have a profitable farm on our hands, then everything changes,” said Burns. “you have to get these first farms down. That’s the Valley of Death every industry has to cross.”To get there, Burns says he is meeting with food companies, oil executives and utilities. he said they see the potential in algae, not only as a biofuel, but as a way to offset carbon. Burns himself sees a day when an algae system may exist alongside coal-fired and natural gas plants as a way to offset emissions. and his company is actively looking to build partnerships with the hundreds of ethanol producing plants across the country.“They key is a pathway to profitability,” said Burns. “[Across the industry,] a lot of initial money was put down for a direct biofuel replacement. We see this is a co-product business. when there are a number of farms down, at that point you’ll have enough acreage to get into the fuels market.”

How One Company is Using Algae to Offset Carbon

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