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The Traditional energy section was designed to teach you about how we currently generate electricity in the world. By understanding the principals demonstrated by these methods of energy generation, you will be able to see the benefits, and the downsides each method possesses. You will also see many similarities between the traditional forms of energy generation. These methods have served us well in the last 100 years, but as we look towards a new millennium, we know that they won't last another 100 years.
Use the navigation bar to your left to begin your journey in discovering how energy is generated right now!
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 Victor Campos from Chile contributed:
I would like to help you with the translations. I am not an expert or something like that but if you like I can correct or modify what you have to give sense on your texts like this:
Albert Einstein nació en Ulm, Alemania la 14 de marzo de 1879. Cinco años más tarde, en 1884, él y su familia se trasladaron a Munich debido al nuevo trabajo de su padre. En 1901 lo naturalizaban como ciudadano suizo. Ocho años más tarde cuando Einstein era suizo a el le agradó el trabajo de su profesor de física teórica en la universidad de Zurich. A partir la 1911 a 1912 él tenía el mismo trabajo que un profesor en Praga. En 1913 lo eligieron para formar parte de la academia de ciencia en Berlín. Einstein recibió el reconocimiento de su pais natal Alemania obteniendo así la nacionalidad alemana en 1914. Él trabajó por 19 años como profesor en Berlín. A partir la 1920 a 1946 Él podía - oficialmente - ser profesor especial en Leiden, Holanda, también, pero debido a su emigración, él no trabajó para la universidad durante mucho tiempo antes de 1946. Debido al movimiento NAZI, Einstein renunció la ciudadanía alemana en 1933. Él se trasladó a los Estados Unidos y trabajó como profesor en Princeton, New Jersey hasta 1945. Él se hizo oficialmente americano en 1941. Albert Einstein murió el 18 de abril de 1955.
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Kirit M from India contributed:
to fuse two nuclei why don't we use the property that two similar charges moving in the same direction attract each other.
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Robert Michaels from United States contributed:
In the section concerning tools used circa 3,500 B.C., no mention was made of electricity. I saw a clay pot with two electrodes in it, with a wire connected to each electrode, dating back to 5,000 B.C. in the museum in Cairo, and another on Crete. So far, I have never seen any reports about this. Can anyone elaborate on this?
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Tony Gee from United States contributed:
i have a question:-how can the copper wire fields of the dyamo keep putting out electrons of a endless amount without being replaced after all electrons are used up. in the copper wire ,won't the copper wire turn into a isotope?i am a senior citizen retired electronic tech.and the idea came to my head.while i was working on my electron flow model.i am on a fixed income and live in a condo in ft.myers,fla. and my space is limited to play.thank you for any help or direction you you can give me.
tony gee(eltony2c@aol.com)
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Aaron from Australia contributed:
It is necessary to utilise one of our country's major resources. It is in abundace in Australia and especially in Victoria where I live. Recently there have been substantial advances in coal power technology to reduce emmissions. Also the brown coal mined in Victoria is relatively clean of sulphur compounds like found in Europe and America. In Victoria the air quality is comparitively good because of these properties. Also we must not forget the communities in rural Victoria which rely on employment from these plants. Many families some even living under the poverty line rely on the power companies as a source of income. Entering a new millenium being left with an inheritance of environmental problems, it is all good and well to point the finger at different industies, but it is evident that alot work is being done to rectify the problem, and new technologies are always being developed to produce cleaner emissions. My tip is if you wish to be a true environmentalist and help to man-kind, you must look at
issues on a more local level aswell. If you have a passion to help the society and the Earth, a comprimise must be reached and we must consider people less fortunate than ourselves.
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