Apes In A Box:

Energy from Biomass:

Derived by directly burning plant material and animal waste.
Charcoal:
Burning wood to remove moisture.
Adv: higher mas, easy portability, easy to found.
Disva: Deforestation, damage to respiratory system, consumers.
Garbage Power:
Methane that is produce by bacteria in landfills. Available.
Infrastructure to develop and transport.
Ethanol:
Alcohol produced by the fermentation plant.
Produce by the corn in USA.
Mixed with gasoline to produce gasohol.
Adv: cleaner than gasoline, In place.
Disv: Use of food resources, lower energy, corn fertilizer are needed.
Biodiesel:
Plant or algae.
Adv: Higher net energy, better mileage, lower Co and Co2 emission.
Disv: Land use, net energy, higher No2 emissions.

Its all about the Turbines:
Turbine, Generator, electricity.
Ways to spin ir:
Steam, wind, moving water.
To make it:
Coal, oil, solar, geothermal, nuclear, burning biomass, natural gas.


Geothermal:
Using the heat stored underground.
Small percentage of worldwide energy.
Cooles, heats, generates energy for home.
Adv: lower greenhouse emissions, Wide spread application for heating and cooling.
Disva: Potential to subsidence, increased seismic activity from hydraulic fracturing, high
cost to start.

Hydroelectric:
Moving water, dams, tidal energy.
Efficient and predictive energy. Higher net. flood control, reservoirs can be use are
recreations.
Disvan: Expensive at first, habitat destruction, kills fish migration.
Nuclear:
Method of producing electricity.


Uranium ore is minded, enriches is used.
Reserves:
Are vast, 30% exist in Australia, US 4% of world reserves.
Adv: Emits little Co2, water main emitted, low risk of incidents.
Disv: Low and negative net energy, high cost, environmental disasters, extremely toxic,
public fear.

Solar power:
Photovoltaic power:
Adv: No direct emissions, system are expandable and portable. little maintenance,
Disv: high start cost, requires sun.

Passive solar: Use of energy from the sun to heat air or water.
Adv: Little disruption, relative inexpensive, low or no emission, high net energy.
Disv: Building material expensive, only works when sun is shining.

Wind power:
Windmills
Turbines is connected to an electrical generator that produces electricity as ling as turbine
is spinning.
Adv: Highe net, easy to expand, no direct emissions, little land disruption.
Disva: Maintenance, minor noise pollution, turbines can kill birds and bats.