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JT Moderator	Message Posted: Mar 3, 2012 11:01:00 PM Ignore JT Report Abuse With electric vehicles on the rise, we can expect a growing demand for electricity. Which energy source for electrical generation is the most promising for further development? Coal Natural gas Nuclear Oil Solar Water Wind Other Post your thoughts about this poll below.

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With electric vehicles on the rise, we can expect a growing demand for electricity. Which energy source for electrical generation is the most promising for further development?
Coal
Natural gas
Nuclear
Oil
Solar
Water
Wind
Other

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sonicmustang All-Star Author Alberta Posts:637 Points:149,375 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Jan 8, 2013 3:34:06 AM Ignore sonicmustang Report Abuse Natural gas
achung53 Veteran Author Orange County Posts:487 Points:85,225 Joined:Oct 2012	Message Posted: Dec 21, 2012 11:59:06 AM Ignore achung53 Report Abuse Natural gas
pricewar Champion Author Ogden Posts:1,955 Points:277,165 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Sep 28, 2012 3:14:04 AM Ignore pricewar Report Abuse ?
xsive2x Rookie Author Ontario Posts:1 Points:220 Joined:Sep 2012	Message Posted: Sep 26, 2012 6:25:20 PM Ignore xsive2x Report Abuse With all things considered on my part there is a great possibility that it will be renewable electric supplies in the future. there would be an excess if every home were to have a solar panel and with the big wind farms growing plus the hydro dame generation this would be an almost renewable source. With solar panels and wind faming this would get closer to renewable source of electrical supplies. The other alternative, gas , coal etc aren't realy renewable becasue of the excessive costs that are past along to all of us we need to think about the word renewable. Of course with every generation system there are operating costs. These costs with solar panels is obviously the best choice as there are fewer recycling costs and manufacturing costs involved to us. I am thinking about my grand childrens children and a world that will be cleaner and less polluted fro future generations to come. It's time to have FORWARD THINKING for our future families existance. Air travel is one of those dark horses to me but they do get us from point America to say Asia safer and faster. Like I said renewable enenergy (electricity) just might out weigh the benefits of continual fosel fuel consumptions i a mass scale as we have today. My vote is for renewable resources , electricity. When we start to develop this form of e energy consumption it will be cheaper for us now and in the future.
bill294 Veteran Author Chicago Posts:429 Points:358,575 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Sep 24, 2012 11:06:46 AM Ignore bill294 Report Abuse Natural Gas
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,451 Points:2,230,900 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Sep 7, 2012 4:34:02 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse Two major problems: what to do with the nuclear waste and suitable sites for water generation (assuming you mean hydroelectric) are very limited.
fhnorth Sophomore Author Nevada Posts:129 Points:26,590 Joined:Jul 2012	Message Posted: Sep 6, 2012 10:12:09 PM Ignore fhnorth Report Abuse Nuclear and Water
gaspumpin Champion Author Indiana Posts:1,672 Points:390,120 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Aug 12, 2012 1:15:04 PM Ignore gaspumpin Report Abuse Natural gas. Conversions for autos are relatively simple. They were introduced back in the 70's or 80's.
gaspumpin Champion Author Indiana Posts:1,672 Points:390,120 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Aug 7, 2012 11:44:34 PM Ignore gaspumpin Report Abuse Wasn't aware that electric vehicles were on much of a rise. Sure haven't seen very many.
gasscout_1 Veteran Author Grand Rapids Posts:334 Points:111,440 Joined:Jun 2012	Message Posted: Jul 18, 2012 9:14:11 PM Ignore gasscout_1 Report Abuse Solar Power
snowmoose Rookie Author Montreal Posts:17 Points:218,690 Joined:Jan 2012	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2012 10:05:27 PM Ignore snowmoose Report Abuse Definately Solar, clean and Safe
kyarjen Rookie Author Atlanta Posts:15 Points:24,430 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jun 12, 2012 4:08:47 AM Ignore kyarjen Report Abuse Coal and natural gas
Sumflow Rookie Author Honolulu Posts:65 Points:400 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: May 14, 2012 5:47:18 AM Ignore Sumflow Report Abuse Geothermal in places, short term natural Gas in others.
charmy98 Rookie Author KW Posts:5 Points:1,700 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: May 11, 2012 11:46:13 AM Ignore charmy98 Report Abuse Coal
papa56NC All-Star Author North Carolina Posts:725 Points:142,760 Joined:Apr 2012	Message Posted: Apr 27, 2012 4:46:57 AM Ignore papa56NC Report Abuse Coal
swordfish0007 Rookie Author San Diego Posts:7 Points:620 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Apr 24, 2012 9:34:03 AM Ignore swordfish0007 Report Abuse with the technology out today there is no reason why they can't utilize the free energy from magnets to produce a great car.
sjlynch Rookie Author Oklahoma City Posts:4 Points:1,315 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Apr 11, 2012 8:46:23 AM Ignore sjlynch Report Abuse actually, if they develop more "Grid-Independant" electric cars, then this should not be a problem. For example; a grid-independant car would convert the kenetic energy (car's momentum) into potential energy (stored energy in battery) everytime the driver steps on the brakes. This tech does exsist now (I saw this in a honda) and should be used more often by the manufacturers.
HFAJR0034 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:6,443 Points:1,167,760 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Apr 5, 2012 9:06:14 AM Ignore HFAJR0034 Report Abuse COAL
renee6 Rookie Author Kansas Posts:59 Points:70,815 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: Apr 5, 2012 8:51:39 AM Ignore renee6 Report Abuse Hmmm....
pig12 Veteran Author Boston Posts:280 Points:71,755 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Apr 2, 2012 4:47:35 PM Ignore pig12 Report Abuse I can't afford anything!
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,451 Points:2,230,900 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 30, 2012 2:07:31 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse mikekoonie - "Electric cars call so much" ???????????????????
mikekoonie Veteran Author Appleton Posts:468 Points:584,485 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: Mar 30, 2012 7:19:53 AM Ignore mikekoonie Report Abuse Electric cars call so much
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,451 Points:2,230,900 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 25, 2012 9:05:28 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse TigerRose - "Someone needs to let SandTiger2012 know that water is free." What, you don't pay a water bill?
dongo50 Champion Author West Virginia Posts:14,705 Points:2,381,995 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Mar 25, 2012 10:01:07 AM Ignore dongo50 Report Abuse mo-money.
TigerRose Champion Author Illinois Posts:14,899 Points:2,826,385 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Mar 25, 2012 7:17:00 AM Ignore TigerRose Report Abuse Someone needs to let SandTiger2012 know that water is free.
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,451 Points:2,230,900 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 24, 2012 9:30:48 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse Part of the problem with electric cars is that the auto companies can't get their heads out of the same box they've been in for the last hundred years. To them, a car has power under the hood, which attaches to the wheels through a transmission, drive shaft, differential, etc.. All you really need is an electric motor in each wheel, some batteries somewhere in the vehicle and a small engine and generator to recharge the batteries. The engine and generator can even be modular, to allow easy adjustment for different technologies. You don't need a transmission and the rest of that junk. Lower maintenance, better mpg, full-time 4WD.
MahmoodaS Rookie Author Ontario Posts:9 Points:68,130 Joined:Dec 2011	Message Posted: Mar 24, 2012 11:57:04 AM Ignore MahmoodaS Report Abuse Coal, oil, & natural gas will eventually run out. They cannot be renewed. Their combustion leads to many problems including pollution. On the other hand, solar energy will be available as long as the sun rises. It is predicted that it will take about 5 billion years for the sun to burn out. Electricity produced from solar energy (this includes wind (without the sun there will be little or no wind)) will be available to us for a very long time, it is free, and it is non-polluting. Photo-voltaic equipment for the direct production of electricity from the sun is getting cheaper and more efficient. Therefore, solar energy is the way to go. [Edited by: MahmoodaS at 3/24/2012 12:59:09 PM EST]
SandTiger2012 Rookie Author Virginia Posts:36 Points:675 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 24, 2012 7:22:19 AM Ignore SandTiger2012 Report Abuse Not sure where you get the idea that electric vehicles are on the rise... the only one selling worth a hoot is the Prius. Even with taxpayer money going for subsidies on the worthless Volt it still costs twice as much as a real car... even the Prius will beat it 0-60. Great! It'll go 40 miles before turning on the engine to charge the batteries... shame it's 50 miles from home to office. Let's presume that someone does make it realistic to turn water into fuel (hydrogen)... has anyone seen the price of water lately?? It won't be likely you'll be able to stop by the next puddle to fill up. So, while you're stopped at a hotel/office/home plugged into your neighborhood coal plant for 3-4 hrs (or more), I'll spend 10 minutes at the gas station and have a cup of coffee for you. NatGas would be my current guess... and it IS just a guess because I'm not an engineer and don't know anything about the next set of EPA interference rules coming out.
HFAJR0034 Champion Author New Mexico Posts:6,443 Points:1,167,760 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: Mar 23, 2012 2:01:13 PM Ignore HFAJR0034 Report Abuse coal
Debrastorch Veteran Author Florida Posts:397 Points:94,145 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 21, 2012 10:31:24 AM Ignore Debrastorch Report Abuse Electric
PistolBC Rookie Author Victoria Posts:8 Points:260 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 21, 2012 1:56:29 AM Ignore PistolBC Report Abuse Fuel Cell Technology is the way of the future
PistolBC Rookie Author Victoria Posts:8 Points:260 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 21, 2012 1:53:11 AM Ignore PistolBC Report Abuse Fuel Cell Technology is the way of the future
michel13bored Rookie Author Los Angeles Posts:7 Points:7,165 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Mar 19, 2012 6:55:35 PM Ignore michel13bored Report Abuse Natural
HAWKMOM81 Sophomore Author Maryland Posts:154 Points:24,670 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 12, 2012 1:08:26 PM Ignore HAWKMOM81 Report Abuse Natural gas and coal is the way to go. We have plenty of those.
FuelBarge Champion Author Long Island Posts:9,205 Points:2,077,265 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2012 6:59:59 AM Ignore FuelBarge Report Abuse No poll yet for 3/11/2012?
tommygunCA Rookie Author Modesto Posts:4 Points:180 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2012 2:08:01 AM Ignore tommygunCA Report Abuse youtube video stanley meyer 1992 interview--water powered car explanation ..its a 37 minute vid
tommygunCA Rookie Author Modesto Posts:4 Points:180 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2012 2:04:48 AM Ignore tommygunCA Report Abuse /watch?v=Vd7QL1-NnlU&feature=related
tommygunCA Rookie Author Modesto Posts:4 Points:180 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2012 2:04:04 AM Ignore tommygunCA Report Abuse hey gasbuddys i think this video is good for this topic!! its a must watch video /watch?v=Vd7QL1-NnlU&feature=related post comments. it will be interesting to hear what people have to say about this. thanks just copy web link and paste to search window.
CrackedLCD Champion Author Alabama Posts:9,036 Points:1,756,550 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Mar 11, 2012 12:45:58 AM Ignore CrackedLCD Report Abuse It's time for us to step up and prove that nuclear can be safely done. The technology is there; things have changed a lot since Three Mile Island and Fukushima were built. I'm also for clean coal, natural gas and solar and wind.
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,451 Points:2,230,900 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 11:42:37 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse Pellaz - What about the problems with the waste in the cooling ponds?
eyean Rookie Author Winnipeg Posts:4 Points:1,065 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 10:54:16 PM Ignore eyean Report Abuse wind and solar are viable options for the future....clean and fairly economical.
Pellaz Rookie Author Atlanta Posts:17 Points:1,119,390 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 10:25:30 PM Ignore Pellaz Report Abuse Futurists and SF aficionados already know the true, LONG-term solution. It's here: http://www.iter.org/
Pellaz Rookie Author Atlanta Posts:17 Points:1,119,390 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 10:19:42 PM Ignore Pellaz Report Abuse rjhenn, there was a ridiculously unlikely confluence of events that caused the Japanese reactor crisis. One little-known fact is that when the earthquake occurred, all five reactors at the complex immediately -- and safely -- shut down. In fact, the cores were cooling so fast that the onsite engineers closed the valves for the passive cooling system, fearing that the cores could be damaged by the rapid decrease. When the site was flooded by the tsunami and the power failed, they were unable to reopen the passive cooling valves from remote. Since the system is passive, it uses no power to cool the reactor cores, but the valves have to be open for it to function. Had it been enabled, there would have been no problems with any of the reactors at the site. (Source: IEEE Journal)
bobeano Rookie Author Akron Posts:5 Points:20,125 Joined:Feb 2012	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 10:08:38 PM Ignore bobeano Report Abuse Water, why not corral the water that causes major floods and direct it in to hydro plants. Let Mother nature pay the bill.
rjhenn Champion Author Des Moines Posts:22,451 Points:2,230,900 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 9:46:58 PM Ignore rjhenn Report Abuse dangnad - "Nuclear is inevitable. Don't listen to anti-nuke scare stories." You mean like Japan?
AByteShort Champion Author Cincinnati Posts:68,700 Points:2,543,635 Joined:Oct 2004	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 8:12:30 PM Ignore AByteShort Report Abuse The question assumes electric cars are on the rise. Electric cars are horrible if you need to run the heater or AC. Gasoline weighs less than the equivalent amount of batteries. To run any distance on natural gas or propane you need a fairly heavy tank to hold the compressed fuel. Why convert coal to electricity to store in batteries. Why not just liquify the coal?
tommygunCA Rookie Author Modesto Posts:4 Points:180 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 7:31:02 PM Ignore tommygunCA Report Abuse if you read the question, and you have watched the tv commercial...coal is the answer. calif already has windmills and my electric bill isn't any cheaper. coal is the usa biggest natural resource. meaning we dont have to pay to have it shipped in. most power plants use coal to make electricity now. support the minners the answer is coal.
barbaraljoshua Rookie Author Texas Posts:1 Points:1,050 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 7:29:33 PM Ignore barbaraljoshua Report Abuse water or sun would be most sufficient for our enviroment
bygas1 Rookie Author Indiana Posts:1 Points:145 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 6:33:55 PM Ignore bygas1 Report Abuse America has been described as the middle east of natural gas. Plenty of new deposits have been discovered and prices are down. And, it's clean burning and with a little more experimentation it could be really clean. I wish I had a natural gas burning car. You can put a compressor unit right in your garage and fill it yourself. Better than standing at a windy gas station.
OKRifle Champion Author Oklahoma City Posts:10,411 Points:1,811,260 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2012 5:13:23 PM Ignore OKRifle Report Abuse Nat gas!