| Though a global warming ice age may not be in | | | | Solar Power - photovoltaic solar panels are a very |
| the works for the next few years, the | | | | viable source of energy in the sunnier parts of |
| precursors to it are beginning to rear their ugly | | | | the world, particularly regions near the equator. A |
| heads in the years to come. It will then be pretty | | | | one-time investment, coupled with regular |
| hard to ignore this 'myth' if a hundred-meter rise | | | | maintenance, would mean that a homeowner |
| in sea levels and the possibility of a five-degree | | | | would be able to supply his own power needs, |
| raise in global temperature is predicted to be | | | | and may even get money back when his power |
| imminent within the century. And if it is confirmed | | | | generation outweighs his power consumption! |
| by 2,500 researchers in the Intergovernmental | | | | Hydro-power - a flowing river or waves on the |
| Panel on Climate Change who will attend the | | | | ocean may seem like unlikely sources of energy, |
| negotiations this December, you can bet it is going | | | | but the motion of water carries with it an |
| to be a dark and uncertain future for us all. | | | | unbelievable amount of energy: from simple |
| There is no such thing as a global warming myth: | | | | watermills to tidal harnesses spanning the ocean, |
| global warming is a fact. And if we do not take | | | | this movement of water can be used to generate |
| measures, even drastic ones, to get up and do | | | | considerable amounts of energy. |
| something about it, we will find ourselves in some | | | | Geothermal Power - another alternative source of |
| very deep trouble in the long run. While much | | | | energy that we can tap would be the earth itself. |
| needs to be done in order to prevent this bleak | | | | The tremendous pressure and heat generated |
| tomorrow from happening, there are a few | | | | underneath the earth's surface can be channeled |
| options available to us, and the first thing that | | | | to great effect, and a geothermal power plant will |
| needs to be done is to address our | | | | help do just that. |
| ever-increasing appetite for energy. | | | | Fusion Power - while this source of energy is a |
| Global warming proof points largely to the | | | | good 50 years away, with much research needed |
| combined waste output of all the cars, factories | | | | to make it feasible for large-scale use, the |
| and plants in the entire world. This appetite for | | | | implications of a commercial fusion reactor being |
| energy, as shown by our growing need for | | | | developed would leave all competing energy |
| electricity and fuel for transportation, is one of | | | | sources in the dust and would provide energy |
| the biggest reasons why people are desperately | | | | good enough to supply us for millions of years: |
| looking for ways to meet energy demands, even | | | | and all this using the deuterium in sea-water as |
| when it is clearly killing our environment. | | | | the primary source of fuel. |
| What we need are energy sources that can meet | | | | Global warming may indeed be a disaster waiting |
| this hunger for energy while keeping our | | | | to happen, but with the help of these natural |
| environment safe and clean for habitation. Here | | | | sources of energy plus a little effort on our part, |
| are the three sources of green energy, along with | | | | it may be prevented. |
| a surprise wild-card in the near-future: | | | | |