Biofuel: More Of The Same, Reasons For War
I trully enjoyed this essay as I thought its solution to the energy problems that modern western society has and is forcing on other "less developed" nations are great to ponder on. This essay seems more realistic in its surmising and interpretations than a lot of alternative-energy proponents ramblings. However, I do not entirely agree with using
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One thing to note is that photovoltaic's may have just gotten a boost of efficiency by a new ultrablack material which is able to capture 99.9% of visual light. Results are still pending on it's ability to capture ultaviolet and infrared light. However, it's 100% carbon so, unlike the substances that are currently used in solar panel's it doesn't pose a health hazard when the panels are destroyed or replaced.
I agree with so many of your points. We need to do more as a society to not be so wasteful with our energy. I do more than most, but I'm still pretty poor in my attempts to conserve. And the fact that I ride a bicycle hundreds of miles per month, I eat more food than most too....doubling the waste.
Would you mind if I added you to my friends list and linked this article on my journal? I really find it interesting and wouldn't mind seeing it get a little broader audience.
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That's a cool little fact about the new photovoltaic's. Alternative energy = the new economic 'bubble' to get the US' economy out of the 'debt crisis'.
Yeah, I too do more than most but there is so much more that can be done. Our society needs to be less wasteful, period. It's environmentally and economically unrealistic to believe the affluence seen in the 20th and early 21st century shall carry on exponentially like many capitalists would like us hoi polloi to believe.
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