| Many countries across the globe are beginning to | | | | have been adapted to collect the heat and turn it |
| make a serious effort to locate and use the best | | | | into usable energy throughout the building. |
| alternative energy sources. It is everyone's | | | | The unfortunate side of solar energy is the limitation |
| responsibility to try and lessen pollutants that cause | | | | to daytime operations and times when it is not raining |
| greenhouse gasses. | | | | or excessively cloudy. |
| Alternative energy sources include the use of | | | | Wind Energy |
| renewable energy which goes a long way to helping | | | | Becoming more popular recently is the tactic to |
| to reduce the number of toxins. Toxins will always be | | | | harness wind for energy. This type of power |
| present as they are the by-product of energy | | | | generation goes back to before the 15th century |
| consumptions but, there are ways to greatly reduce | | | | when ships and windmills used the wind to produce |
| the concentration of these toxins. | | | | energy. The biggest drawback was the inefficiency |
| The great thing about renewable alternative energy | | | | of converting this type of alternative energy. Like |
| sources is that we find them abundantly in nature | | | | solar power the use of this energy source also was |
| and their conversion into energy typically has little | | | | entirely dependent on Mother Nature. |
| negative impact on the environment. None of them | | | | The use of windmills throughout history is well |
| are perfect and certainly their use in and of | | | | documented and they used wind energy to enable |
| themselves does involve some waste generation. | | | | the mechanical machinery to perform labor intensive |
| The creation of toxins however, is non-existent. | | | | activities. These activities included pumping of water |
| What a great alternative energy source these are | | | | from wells and crushing grains for food production. |
| because their use also preserves the natural | | | | Modern windmills have boosted the efficiency of the |
| resources for other people to use again as sources | | | | older model from the addition of a wind turbine. The |
| of energy. Here are the top 2 popular renewable | | | | wind still turns the blades which now create energy |
| energy sources. | | | | through the turbine to produce electricity. It is this |
| Solar Energy | | | | electrical generator that now powers the mechanical |
| The sun will last billion of more years and our ability | | | | machinery to perform the tasks. |
| to gather its energy into solar cells provides us with | | | | As with solar energy large scale wind farms have |
| an unlimited source of readily available energy. The | | | | been built in strategic locations to convert wind |
| sun's heat is converted into electricity without the | | | | currents into clean alternative energy. These wind |
| use of burning carbon-based fuel such as oil and coal. | | | | farms concentrate the energy into large generators |
| Large solar farms have many solar thermal panels | | | | that distribute the electricity through the national |
| that follow the sun. Other energy gathering devices | | | | power grids. Smaller scale wind farms in rural areas |
| include parabolic mirrors. Both these techniques gather | | | | may use the energy generated from smaller turbines |
| the heat and convert to power that heats air or | | | | for local use on the farm or small community. |
| water. The heating of water is used to produce | | | | While many proponents claim wind power generation |
| steam which then provides the heat or drives | | | | has no pollution by-products and is not harmful, the |
| generators for electricity. | | | | full understanding of the impact on wildlife from the |
| Many buildings in cooler climates have adapted their | | | | ultrasonic pulses generated from larger wind farms is |
| heating systems to take advantage of window | | | | not fully known. Wind mills do pose a documented |
| exposures to heat and cool the buildings. At first the | | | | danger to the bird population. It is, however, a |
| windows were fitted with solar shades to help keep | | | | renewable alternative energy source of which that |
| the room temperature steady as the sun would | | | | we will never run out. |
| instantly overheat a room. Now these solar shades | | | | |