A big advantage to clean, green energy is the fact that the electricity is made close at hand. Let's use homemade hydrogen as an example. Taking a simple electrified copper wire and using a process known as electrolysis, a person can transform an ordinary cup of water into combustible H2 and O2. Though storing and using these compounds is difficult at the current level of technology, the point is that the energy produced is right at a person's fingertips. Homemade hydrogen, wind energy, and sunlight are all over the world.
So why is that an advantage, to have the energy close at hand? The reason why is because of the energy loss factor that happens when you transport electricity across a large area. A power plant produces a huge amount of energy from a centralized location. It then ships the electricity over many miles of electrical wire. This process causes much of the energy to disperse. The further the electricity is transported, the more you lose. Power plant energy, though much more efficient still than green energy, is also much more wasteful because the energy has to travel such large distances to get to the furthest sections of the grid.
That's what I love about clean, alternative energy. Though it's still pretty inefficient and expensive, energy loss is minimized because the electricity only has to travel down the wire about ten feet to get to the house. This virtually eliminates energy loss, which I think is a huge plus. Not only that, but how cool would it be to produce and store your own homemade hydrogen? That's just an awesome sounding idea. And generators which manufacture the hydrogen through electrolysis are very cheap these days.
The problem with clean energy is simply that it isn't always available. There isn't always wind or sunshine. But there is always water. Homemade hydrogen can be made and used anytime, and can power a wide variety of systems in the home, and also in vehicles. Did you know that people have been using homemade hydrogen for years now as a fuel additive to increase the gas mileage and fuel efficiency of their cars? And the technology is getting better and cheaper everyday.
I find it interesting that in many cases America and Americans are becoming more intertwined with the system as the global economy pushes ahead. Things like national health care and the European Union are bringing people into more connection with one another. But in many other ways, people are becoming much more independent. With homemade energy growing more and more in popularity people are becoming more independent by seeking higher levels of sustainability.
Homemade hydrogen for power isn't yet a popular or feasible concept. Though there are many who use it to power the various systems of their home, it still isn't yet a feasible way of producing and storing energy. But as the technology continues to get better, I think we'll be seeing many more homes powered in part by homemade hydrogen. In the meantime, solar panels are expected to drop in cost by 50% within the year, which I think will have a huge impact on America's utilization of clean energy. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see.
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