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What does the future hold? How will we generate electricity when we run out of coal, oil, and natural gas, or when the demand for electricity is greater than that generated by solar cells, wind power, or hydroelectric dams? This section of the site answers just that. The search for new energy sources is a daily journey! Can you think of any new ways to generate electricity? Use the navigation bar at your left to discover what the future may hold in energy generation!
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 Pim Pietersz from The Netherlands contributed:
Fuelcells will change our energy system radically in the near future. A very interesting web-site on the potential of fuelcells is on:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/altenergy/altenergy176.cells.middle.html
To get a taste of this article, it starts like this:
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Going off-grid is about to get a whole lot easier. A handful of companies across the nation
and around the globe are racing to bring to market dishwasher-sized appliances capable
of meeting all of a home's electrical needs. Remarkably reliable, cost-competitive, energy
efficient, environmentally friendly, virtually noiseless and as easy to install as a new furnace,
these units will change forever the way we think about--and generate--power.
This is no pipe dream, nor is it some futuristic technology still light-years away. In fact, the
science behind these new wonder units is more than 150 years old and fairly basic (see
"Back to the Future," next page). We're talking here about fuel cells, devices that make
electricity from hydrogen and oxygen, emitting as by-products pure water and heat. Fuel
cells have for years been on the minds and drawing boards of big-name automakers
seeking to produce a near zero-emissions passenger car. But the technology remains too
bulky and expensive for widespread automotive use.
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Shawn from El Salvador contributed:
Going off-grid is about to get a whole lot easier. A handful of companies across the nation
and around the globe are racing to bring to market dishwasher-sized appliances capable
of meeting all of a home's electrical needs. Remarkably reliable, cost-competitive, energy
efficient, environmentally friendly, virtually noiseless and as easy to install as a new furnace,
these units will change forever the way we think about--and generate--power.
This is no pipe dream, nor is it some futuristic technology still light-years away. In fact, the
science behind these new wonder units is more than 150 years old and fairly basic (see
"Back to the Future," next page). We're talking here about fuel cells, devices that make
electricity from hydrogen and oxygen, emitting as by-products pure water and heat. Fuel
cells have for years been on the minds and drawing boards of big-name automakers
seeking to produce a near zero-emissions passenger car. But the technology remains too
bulky and expensive for widespread automotive use.
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Lonnie Legg from Germany contributed:
Hello
Would you like to see your Web work showcased in the international youth
magazine "Spot on"*?
I found your "Energy Planet" web site through a link from thinkquest.org.
Each month, in our "Projects online" column, a young person presents
his/her web project in his/her own words. I have a free slot in the
coming issue.
Interested? Then e-mail me ASAP at l.legg@spotlight-verlag.com
(NOT at the above address!).
I'll send you details on what I need for the presentation.
Best regards,
Lonnie Legg
Editor / Spot on
*"Spot on" is a monthly English-language magazine based in Munich,
Germany. Our readers are 12 to 16-year-old Germans, Austrians and Swiss
interested in improving their English. (To find out more about "Spot
on", go to www.spoton.de.) In our "Web World" column, we regularly
feature web projects by and for teenagers.
Tel: +49 (89) 85 68 13 12
Fax: +49 (89) 85 68 13 20
Spotlight Verlag
Redaktion "SPOT ON"
Fraunhoferstr. 22
D-82152, Planegg, Germany
http://www.spoton.de
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