At the beginning of this day, I would like to share with you a very important topic that I read about, and I was amazed that it is really very wonderful. I will present it to you so that we can all benefit.
How to save energy without sacrificing comfort with ease and best ways
To provide clean energy, it is necessary not only to expand the use of renewable sources. Equally important is the development and implementation of more advanced energy-saving technologies. According to studies conducted, we can live with the previous comfort, spending at least 10% less electricity. Additional savings will be realized as a result of the expansion of the
Use public transport vehicles that consume less than 5 liters of fuel per 100 km of range.
Homes equipped with computerized life support systems and new insulation will reduce energy costs for heating and cooling buildings, without making us freeze in the winter and experiencing summer heat in our homes.
How can you maximize energy savings?
Industrial and commercial companies are already working on cutting energy costs. Special users in this sense are still in a hurry. In many parts of Europe, most unexplained energy losses are due to hot water supplies from housing. Most older homes require three times the heat of the heating than the new ones, with a deeper design. Moving to energy-saving housing with improved heat insulation, heat pumps and solar panels to heat water is not the only solution. Professional rebuilding of old homes with the use of modern engineering solutions can give up to 80% energy savings on heating. Now, when renovating houses, only a third of the potential measures leading to these savings are used on average.
Solar energy can provide electricity to the entire planet,
Current solar panels with an efficiency of about 15% are not particularly promising. However, even with such low efficiency in the desert, there is more than enough space to accommodate installations that can provide the entire planet with clean electricity. Solar panels, occupies only 48,000 square meters. Km (about 0.5% of the total area of the desert), capable of saving 12,000 billion kilowatt hours per day for this purpose. True, despite all of this attractive project, it does not make sense, so as to solve the problem of effective transmission of
enough energy over long distances.
Are there any natural human energy resources have not used yet?
Potential sources of energy in nature, everywhere - from the life of bacteria to the ocean tide. Scientists are investigating many physical, chemical and biological processes, knowing whether it is impossible to get fuel or electricity with them. The most ambitious and controversial ideas are expressed. For example, the fusion reaction reported is due to the collapse of bubbles in the liquid by ultrasound. If it is possible to confirm the possibility of such a "cold (ultrasound) fusion," the ultimate energy problem will be resolved. However, there is no convincing evidence of this effect, and most experts do not believe it.
Can bacteria give electricity?
The bacteria from the ruminants' stomach can generate electricity by processing plant residues. American scientists have already built a prototype of Biopas, which uses this feature of microorganisms. Fiber filled as fuel and microorganisms of the cow's stomach, difference is maintained a few days of 600 mV potential. These microbes are numerous especially in the rumen - the first and most comprehensive section of the ruminant stomach, where they are involved in the breakdown of plant foods. In the laboratory rumen models protons move through the separating membrane, and the electrons - across the bipolar circuit "live batteries". Despite low efficiency, it can find quite practical application. Straw water and other plant waste loaded into large reservoirs will become a good source of electricity in the countryside and in developing countries.
What is the source of energy wavering in the ocean floor?
In 1971, at the bottom of the Black Sea, unusual ice structures, called methane hydrates, were discovered. These solids of water and flammable methane gas, stable at a temperature of 2 ° C, C and high pressure, there is underwater at depths exceeding 500 meters, and this good fuel: 1 liter of methane hydrate gives 164 liters of methane. These materials are found in many continental slopes, near the coast. It is true that the widespread extraction of methane hydrate is potentially dangerous. It is fraught with strong ground water under exceptionally severe, capable of provoking a tsunami.
