Ten energy sources that destroy the oil industry

Alternative energy: Is there a chance?

This is not a myth. And of course an alternative energy is cleaned compared to traditional sources of energy and gas. Although companies such as BP, Exxon and any other oil-producing corporations that make profits from the high cost of fossil fuel, probably would like us to think differently. Fossil fuel planet 275 million years. But it was time to retire popular, but very toxic resources of the planet in order to go to environmentally friendly sources. Here are ten species of alternative energy that sooner or later destroy the oil industry of the planet.

To date, on the planet, the main consumption of energy in the world is carried out from three forms of fossil carbon: coal, oil and natural gas. The whole world is mined as energy and burns 87 percent of this type of fuel.

But the true value of burning dirty energy sources is the ecology of the entire planet. And world leaders are aware of the importance. That is why many countries of the world gradually develop energy mining from new environmentally friendly sources.

Also, the need to develop alternative energy is related to the reduction of world stocks. Of course, at the moment we observe the temporary growth of stocks. But this is due to a decrease in demand due to the financial instability of many economies of the world. But soon the fall in reserves will continue in geometric progression. It's unavoidable. Of course, there are still many oil deposits around the world. However, they are depleted at a huge speed. Mathematics is simple: due to the increase in oil consumption in the future in less than a hundred years.

Fossil types of fuel requires millions of years to be formed precisely the chemical formula, which allows us now, producing oil, coal or gas without special costs, burn fuel, getting cheap energy. Unfortunately, humanity cannot artificially create these fossil carbon. If the world in the coming years will not reduce its dependence on this type of fuel, then in less than 100 years the world will remain completely without traditional types of energy.

But the beginning on the development of alternative energy sources has already been laid. According to experts, by 2035, they will ensure the energy planet at the level of 25 percent. But this is nothing on a global scale.

And this, given the fact that, most likely sooner or later, humanity will begin to refuse also from nuclear power. For example, as a result of a catastrophe in, and in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the world collided with precipitation, from which the entire planet suffered. That is why in many countries of the world, more and more many politicians are expressed for the refusal of nuclear power plants.

Incredibly, but are more harmful than nuclear power. This is exactly what the impetus is given to the development of alternative and renewable energy sources. Why spend billions to damage the entire planet when you can use natural energy from renewable sources, such as sun, wind, rivers and oceans?

10) Wind power

It `s naturally. If there is oxygen, atmosphere, etc. That is the movement of the air masses. And the wind is not going to leave our planet in the next millions of years. The wind does not deplete the ozone layer of the planet. The wind does not have the owner. By the way, for the last century, humanity did not invent anything new to the use of wind. For centuries, people used windmills for transmission to the mechanism processing grain.

The principle of energy extraction from the wind remains the same. Moreover, but before the 1980s, no one in the world tried to create a setup that would help the energy of industrial scales from the wind. But after 1980, the first wind power plants began to launch in the United States.

Currently, more than 13,000 aerodynamic plants producing clean energy are placed in the United States. In the United States, small wind installations are used, which can produce up to 100 kW and provide a household necessary energy.

Also in America, coastal wind turbines are used, which collect wind energy current over the oceans. In addition, wind generators are distributed in rural areas placed in the fields.

As of 2016, this is the most. About 6 cents per 1 kWh. Another plus of wind energy is the need to use water for the extraction of electricity, which is important in the conditions of a shortage of natural water on a global scale.

9) Hydroelectroelectric Energy

Hydroelectric power plants are very popular all over the world. It is noteworthy that in some countries, hydroelectric power plants provide a population with 75 percent of the necessary energy.

For example, a hydroelectric power station in Staypa (Paraguay) provides 90 percent of the country's needs in energy. In addition, this station provides energy brazil, supplying 20 percent of the electricity of the necessary all Brazil. The power of hydro turbines is 10 percent of the entire power of hydroelectric power stations around the world.

The first large hydropower plant opened in Niagara Falls on the US-Canadian border in 1879. With the help of the dam, more environmentally friendly energy generation is ensured.

Currently, the cost of energy of hydroelectric power plants is less than half the cost of energy produced from solar cells and three times less than the cost.

Also, hydropower has an efficiency higher than when burning coal and gas. For example, the efficiency is 50 percent, when as efficiency of HPP is 90 percent. In addition, almost all the water used for the operation of electrical turbines returns to spare storage.

8) solar energy

Not new. Swiss scientist Choras de Sosuryur built the first device in 1767, which, using thermal energy, heated water for washing and cooking. Later, Clarence Kemp patented the first sunny water heater in 1891.

Due to the oil crisis in the 70s, the world began on the study of alternative energy.

Despite the decline in oil prices, in the next two decades, the study continued and eventually paid off. In 2014, the cost of solar energy amounted to 99 percent less than in 1977. This makes solar energy to a viable option.

Modern solar panels do not have mobile parts that can often fail. They also require minimal maintenance, and has a service life of 20-30 years. For several years, the cost of installing solar cells to decrease twice.

So in the future we are waiting for windows with solar panels, walls, roads, cars, airplanes, boats, trains and much more, which will be able to receive energy from the sun.

7) Bioenergy

This is the source of energy obtained from biological organisms. For example, plants using photosynthesis directly absorb the energy of the Sun. Animals that eat plants get energy through food in which energy obtained from the sun. This natural sense of energy transmission allowed the scientists of the planets to come up with a method with which energy in plants can serve as good to humanity.

The organic energy of biomass is a source of renewable, which we can store and use reuse.

Liquid biofuels are already widely used all over the world. There are two types of biofuels: which are added to ordinary fuel.

Solid biofuel is formed from agricultural by-products, such as stems of corn, rice husk, and other compatible vegetable substances.

Biofuel reduces the number of agricultural waste, provides stable and safe energy for vehicles, electricity and heat.

6) Geothermal Energy

Geothermal energy comes from the nucleus of the Earth. According to scientists estimates, the temperature in the kernel exceeds 5000 degrees Celsius. The rock layers of the Earth are carried out heat, which in the end comes to the surface of the planet. This geothermal energy will be on the surface of the earth, very long and very long. Energy will come even when the fossil fuels will remain on the planet.

In Iceland, geoes already today provide 25 percent of energy consumption in the country. To generate electricity at a depth of more than 1.5 kilometers, special equipment raises couples and hot water, directing them to turbines, which produce energy.

5) tide energy

Tidal turbines use powerful polar power of tides and sweeps for electricity generation. The only negative of this type of energy is in the inability to predict the force of tidal energy. But solar and wind energy also depends on weather conditions and season. That is, neither the power of the tide, not solar or wind energy, can not give energy to the energy technicians to determine in advance how much or other equipment will be able to produce energies during a certain period of time. True, in recent years, equipment has appeared, which is capable of collecting energy from coastal and underwater flows, which can be predicted and respectively calculate in advance the energy obtained.

4) Energy Waves

Ocean hydropower is not limited to the energy of tides, sings and underwater flows. For example, how can you tell any surfer that the energy of the waves is something incredible. And really big waves can give good energy. The waves are formed when the wind blows over the surface of the water.

Floating devices are used to collect the energy of the waves, which by electrical cables transmit electricity to shore or in special energy storages, drifting.

In 2008, Portugal tested the world's first maritime energy-farm (floating energy storage), located five kilometers from the coastline.

3) hydrogen energy

Hydrogen energy gives power more than providing power to vehicles gasoline and diesel fuel. Yes, hydrogen is chemically extracted from fossil fuels. But does not produce gases and does not destroy ozone. With certain technologies, hydrogen is a pure source of fuel combustion.

Currently, auxiliary chemical elements are used to use all the power of hydrogen in hydrogen power plants, such as coal, natural gas and other fossil types of carbon, which are used to power the turbine necessary to create clean. But soon instead of fossil energy types for the operation of the hydrogen turbine, solar energy will be used, which will eliminate the need for burning dirty fuel.

2) integrated sunny, wind and biofuel energy sites

Sun, wind, and bio-energy in one place. This, according to scientists, will allow maximize energy collection. This requires large squares to place equipment that can collect wind energy, sun and bio-energy on the same platform.

The combination of these renewable resources increases the amount of alternative energy generation, and also allows you to combine different combinations of using alternative sources. For example, windy and solar energy is limited with bad weather. But with the combined use of several types of energy, it allows you to produce electricity in the round-the-clock mode, regardless of climate, etc.

1) kinetic energy

All people produce energy due to movement. For example, if you are traveling by bike, then you get kinetic energy. The world does not use a huge amount of kinetic energy. Perhaps someday in the future in all major cities of the world, the paving slabs and other coatings of pedestrian roads will be equipped with equipment that can collect the kinetic energy that we create when walking or running.

For example, similar pavement tiles have already been created. And the experiment showed that if you place such tiles on a busy street or in the subway, it will be possible to collect the energy required for nutrition for 12 hours of a small shopping center during the day.