• Question: How do you generate energy?

    Asked by 829ntrd48 to Chloe, Irene, Pierre, NULL, Uday on 17 Nov 2015.
    • Photo: Uday Bangavadi

      Uday Bangavadi answered on 17 Nov 2015:

      Law of conservation states that ” Energy can be neither created nor be destroyed, but it transforms from one form to another”.

      With this view the energy can be generated in many ways, like chemical energy, hydro energy, solar energy etc. Its just they convert energy from one form to another.

    • Photo: Chloe Huseyin

      Chloe Huseyin answered on 17 Nov 2015:

      I think Uday explained it really well already that we don’t really create energy, we just change the form it’s in. For example when you burn wood the chemical energy stored in the wood is released as light and heat energy.

    • Photo: Irene Regan

      Irene Regan answered on 19 Nov 2015:

      Great Q:)

      The Earth is in trouble. It seems clear at this point that traditional methods of generating electricity are unsustainable, and we must find new energy sources that do not produce as much carbon (or dust off old ones, like natural gas and nuclear power).

      The need for alternative power sources isn’t new. We’ve seen massive solar arrays unveiled in vast deserts, enormous on-and-offshore wind-farms, wave-beams converting the power of our oceans, and a host of biomass solutions arrive and disappear. However, these forms of alternative energy are not the only game in town: there are a number of weirder ways of generating power that scientists are investigating. Some of the energy sources are bizarre, but many may have practical applications down the line. Others are already around us, providing us with alternative energy in our day-to-day. This sort of energy research is critical, if we wish to continue to sustain our growing civilisation without damaging the planet;
      ideas for generating energy could be;

      Harvesting Body Heat,
      Confiscated Alcohol,
      Used nappies,
      On the Dance Floor,
      Thorium Reactors,
      Solar Power in Space,
      Solar Wind,
      Jellyfish

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