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Alternative energy sources - Conclusion

As you can see there are number of different alternative energy sources that are more than capable to replace currently dominant fossil fuels, of course given enough money for their further development. The main advantage of these alternative energy sources is that they are ecologically acceptable energy sources, that unlike fossil fuels do not release large quantities of CO2 and other harmful

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Alternative energy sources - Ocean and Earth Power

The Earth itself offers many promising sources of power. Like solar energy, geothermal resources have long provided humans with a source of heat, although harnessing the heat of the Earth to generate electricity dates back only to the turn of the last century. Geothermal energy is something that looks to have bright future in years to come because this is very efficient energy source that 48%

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Alternative energy sources - Nuclear energy

Nuclear power creates energy once its atomic structure changes. All the nuclear power plants in operation today are based solely on fission, process where radioactive decay gets accelerated in a controlled chain reaction that splits an atom into two or more byproducts, including energy as one of these byproducts. Nuclear energy has enormous potential but there are also some disadvantages that

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Alternative energy sources - Biomass/Biofuel

Lately there has been a lot of talk about biomass/biofuels. Biomass energy production involves conversion of biological material or wastes into various substances that can be used as fuel for heating, transportation or power generation.Carbon-based materials that have been converted over time into fossil fuels do not belong under the "biomass" definition (though in their original states they

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Alternative energy sources - Wind power

Wind has very long history of being used for many centuries as a source of power. After all wind powered sailing ships played extremely important role in human history by not only exploring new land but also by spreading trade between distant countries. Windmills also have a very long history by not only satisfying human demands for crop irrigation, but also for electric lights and water pumping.

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Alternative energy sources - Solar power

Solar power is by far the most available energy source on our planet, easily capable of providing many times the total current energy demand. This is really the most original energy source. If we go back in the history, in times before humans learned to make fire, entire planet needed sun for both light as well as the heat so you could say solar power is the oldest energy source of them all.

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