Renewable Energy Resources
July 8th, 2009 | 
Author: Normal 0 false false false EN-AU X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Energy dependency is a major concern for our society. It’s evermore vital to harness sources of clean and renewable energy.
In simpler times we use our energy to collect food and design shelter for our families. Most of the energy used was our own, commonly known as manual labor.
The human body’s energy is renewable. As long as we have fuel, in the form of food and water, our bodies can utilizes that fuel to produce energy and maintain the machine that is our body.
The term renewable energy is somewhat of a misnomer, because all energy is eventually renewable. It’s just that the time needed to renew some forms of energy is far too long; like a few millennia too long!
The most familiar source of energy we must consider non-renewable are fossil fuels. These chemical soups containing many hydrocarbons capable of releasing energy were formed millions of years ago by the forces of nature and geological forces pushed them underground where their energy and their toxins were out of reach; until humankind found a way to capture and utilize their potential.
Unfortunately, we have recently become aware of the negative result of releasing this energy. It is toxic contamination of our air. It is a sad fact that our abuse and use of fossil fuels is very damaging to our environment and unlike energy resources such as the sun, wind and water, we have been far too dependant on them and are now facing this current situation in our world because of it. The toxins held in the matrix of the fuels are released when they are burned resulting in the over abundance of these natural chemicals.
In small amounts, which until now were controlled y nature, the toxins are neutralized or degraded over time and cause little or no serious damage. Our current rate of development and abuse of our environment is now our main and growing cause for concern that we have to deal with in addressing our unsustainable environmental crisis that we face today.
Fossil fuels will run out, of that there is no debate. It is vital to develop clean, renewable energy sources to replace our use of fossil fuels before it is too late.
Since the early beginnings of mankind we have been using and have possessed the knowledge for the use of energy such as wind, fire, water and the sun. A gesture as simple as moving out of the shade and into the sun’s light is using renewable energy; moving where it is warmer to increase your comfort level is using renewable energy.
Science and insight have combined over the evolution of our society to better utilize renewable energy resources. The most frequently seen today are wind and solar energy, followed closely by geothermal and biodiesel.
The energy inherent in the wind is that of movement. Most people don’t give much thought to the air because it is invisible to the human eye. We know from high school science that it contains oxygen that we need to survive, but most people don’t realize that it also contains many other elements in a loose configuration like soup.
These molecules are not held fast in place by gravity the way that earth and rocks are. This process that allows the independant agents which are free wheeling to be known as molecules. Their movement is know as wind and generally moves in the same direction as the Earth’s rotation but at a slower rate. Mankind understands this as wind.
The better utilization of renewable energy resources and the information in this site on how you can access the material about how to make a windmill and use the wind to mechanically move a machine that will generate electricity, supplying you with a free, safe and renewable energy resource will save you money and make our world a better place to live in.
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