| Green energy refers to the use of power that is | | | | countries now offer household and commercial |
| not only more efficient than fossil fuel but that is | | | | consumers to opt for total use of green energy. |
| friendly to the environment as well. Green energy | | | | They do this one of two ways. Consumers can |
| is generally defined as energy sources that dont | | | | buy their electricity from a company that only |
| pollute and are renewable. There are several | | | | uses renewable green energy technology, or they |
| categories of green energy. They are anaerobic | | | | can buy from their general supplies such as the |
| digestion, wind power, geothermal power, | | | | local utility company who then buys from green |
| hydropower on a small scale, biomass power, | | | | energy resources only as much of a supply as |
| solar power and wave power. Waste incineration | | | | consumers pay for. The latter is generally a more |
| can even be a source of green energy. Nuclear | | | | cost - efficient way of supplying a home or office |
| power plants claim that they produce green | | | | with green energy, as the supplier can reap the |
| energy as well, though this source is fraught with | | | | economic benefits of a mass purchase. Green |
| controversy, as we all know. While nuclear energy | | | | energy generally costs more per kilowatt hour |
| may be sustainable, may be considered renewable | | | | than standard fossil fuel energy. Consumers can |
| and does not pollute the atmosphere while it is | | | | also purchase green energy certificates, which are |
| producing energy, its waste does pollute the | | | | alternately referred to as green tags or green |
| biosphere as it is released. The transport, mining | | | | certificates. These are available in both Europe and |
| and phases before and after production of nuclear | | | | the United States, and are the most convenient |
| energy does produce and release carbon dioxide | | | | method for the average consumer to support |
| and similar destructive greenhouse gases. When | | | | green energy. More than 35 million European |
| we read of green energy, therefore, we rarely | | | | households and one million American households |
| see nuclear power included. Those who support | | | | now buy these green energy certificates. While |
| nuclear energy say that nuclear waste is not, in | | | | green energy is a great step in the direction of |
| fact, released into our earths biosphere during its | | | | keeping our environment healthy and our air as |
| normal production cycle. They stress as well that | | | | pollutant free as possible, it must be noted that |
| the carbon dioxide that nuclear energy production | | | | no matter what the energy, it will negatively |
| releases is comparable, in terms of each kilowatt | | | | impact the environment to some extent. Every |
| hour of electricity, to such sources of green | | | | energy source, green or otherwise, requires |
| energy as wind power. As an example of the | | | | energy. The production of this energy will create |
| green energy production the average wind | | | | pollution during its manufacture. Green energys |
| turbine, such as the one in Reading England, can | | | | impact is minimal, however. |
| produce enough energy daily to be the only | | | | James Copper owns who offer energy training |
| energy source for 1000 households. Many | | | | and assessment. |