Alternative Energy Informative Speech Attention-Getter: Do you know what this is? This is worsening your asthma at the age of 10 and you developing lung cancer by the age of 30. According to the Centers for Disease Control there are 1 in 11 children with asthma (Centers‚ 2012a) and approximately 208‚000 people diagnosed with lung cancer (Centers‚ 2012b). Fortunately‚ there is a better way. Credibility: I’m sure you’ve all heard about or seen windmills and solar panels. For those of you here
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| Fossil Fuel: Natural Gas | Renewable resource: Wind Power | Describe this resource | Natural Gas in a Hydrocarbon gas that is naturally occurring. It consists of mostly methane and is used as fuel for some vehicles and heating the home. | Wind power is one of the cleanest sources of electricity. It usually involves a fan that spins‚ and the energy is transported to a generator. | Advantages of this resource (include at least two) | 1. Very abundant underground.2. Is cleaner than most other
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Pumping Systems: Parallel and Series Configurations For some piping system designs‚ it may be desirable to consider a multiple pump system to meet the design requirements. Two typical options include parallel and series configurations of pumps. Specific performance criteria must be met when considering these options. Given a piping system which has a known design flow rate and head requirements‚ Qdes‚ hdes‚ the following pump selection criteria apply. Pumps in Parallel: Assuming that the pumps are
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Brett Erina The argument of whether or not wind turbines produce ailments seems to be quite controversial in claiming who is right and wrong between Dr. David Colby and Dr. Bob McMurtry. Its hard to judge who should be named correct and accurate based on the information given‚ but with the support of assessing someone’s credibility‚ I would have to lean more towards Colby’s theory. There is sufficient reasoning behind selecting either one of these doctors‚ as they are in fact‚ both licensed doctors
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The Issues With regard to the proposed wind farm being built on Denshaw Moore‚ by Britain’s largest integrated energy supplier‚ EON; it is evident that there are various issues concerning the application. The issues raised‚ concern the local community and the location of the wind turbines‚ together with the lasting effect on the environment. The local community have a strong notion and fuel their anger by saying there is no place for wind farms on Denshaw Moore. In spite of this‚ they continue
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emissions in the Earth’s atmosphere. With that said a wind turbine creating green energy isn’t entirely green when it comes to environmental impact. Wind turbines operating off of the coast of California are continually turned off periodically once they have killed a certain number of birds. The birds are drawn to the circular motion of the propellers and killed before hitting the ground. Dead bird counters were employed to know when to turn off a turbine for a specific amount of time to lessen the impact
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Scheduler Control (DRFSC). SAHPS comprises: a photovoltaic panel (PV) and Wind Turbine (WT) as renewable sources‚ a micro turbine generator and a battery storage system. The proposed control strategy is able to satisfy the load requirements based on a fuzzy supervisor controller and manage power flows between the different energy sources and the storage unit by respecting the State of Charge (SOC) and the variation of wind
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projects. Projects that have had the most problems are the ones dealing with off shore wind turbines. I know that some people believe that it takes away from their beautiful view of the coast‚ as well as taking away value to their beach houses. Informing the public about the pros of the turbines have been done time and again‚ with no avail. What I believe needs to happen is for owners to get a chance experience the turbines in person throughout the process‚ thus receiving a better understanding of how this
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ranked as the world’s fifth largest wind turbine supplier‚ in terms of cumulative installed capacity‚ at the end of 2011. The company’s global spread extends across Asia‚ Australia‚Europe‚ Africa and North and South America has over 20‚500 MW of wind energy capacity installed in 32 countries‚ operations across 33 countries and a workforce of over 13‚000. The Group offers one of the most comprehensive product portfolios – ranging from sub-megawatt on-shore turbines at 600 Kilowatts (KW)‚ to the world’s
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run out? In eighth grade I took a field trip to a wind farm in Minnesota and learned a lot about the wind turbines and how they are a renewable energy source. We had been learning about fossil fuels and alternative energy sources in Earth Science class. The trip made me realize that someday we may run out of fossil fuels and society needs to utilize renewable energy sources. As a result of that trip‚ I try to stay informed on solar energy and wind energy‚ so I can someday harness my own renewable
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