Who is doing renewable energy education? How are you accomplishing the task? What are you focused on?
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wow - i've already done my college work... sorry - i don't feel like doing yours.
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(m)\n\nMake a solar cell in your kitchen\n\nWe found this article on http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/echem/echem2.html \n\nIt was super, super, super cool, so we thank them for allowing us to post it at TheSolarPlan.com!  This is nifty!\n\nA solar cell is a device for converting energy from the sun into electricity. The high-efficiency solar cells you can buy at Radio Shack and other stores are made from highly processed silicon, and require huge factories, high temperatures, vacuum equipment, and lots of money. \n\nIf we are willing to sacrifice efficiency for the ability to make our own solar cells in the kitchen out of materials from the neighborhood hardware store, we can demonstrate a working solar cell in about an hour. \n \nOur solar cell is made from cuprous oxide instead of silicon. Cuprous oxide is one of the first materials known to display the photoelectric effect, in which light causes electricity to flow in a material. \n\nThinking about how to explain the photoelectric effect is what led Albert Einstein to the Nobel prize for physics, and to the theory of relativity.\n\nMaterials you will need \n\nThe solar cell is made from these materials: \nA sheet of copper flashing from the hardware store. This normally costs about $5.00 per square foot. We will need about half a square foot. \nTwo alligator clip leads. \nA sensitive micro-ammeter that can read currents between 10 and 50 microamperes. Radio Shack sells small LCD multimeters that will do, but I used a small surplus meter with a needle. \nAn electric stove. My kitchen stove is gas, so I bought a small one-burner electric hotplate for about $25. The little 700 watt burners probably won't work -- mine is 1100 watts, so the burner gets red hot. \nA large clear plastic bottle off of which you can cut the top. I used a 2 liter spring water bottle. A large mouth glass jar will also work. \nTable salt. We will want a couple tablespoons of salt. \nTap water. \nSand paper or a wire brush on an electric drill. \nSheet metal shears for cutting the copper sheet. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHow to build the solar cell \n\nMy burner looks like this: \n\nThe first step is to cut a piece of the copper sheeting that is about the size of the burner on the stove. Wash your hands so they don't have any grease or oil on them. Then wash the copper sheet with soap or cleanser to get any oil or grease off of it. Use the sandpaper or wire brush to thoroughly clean the copper sheeting, so that any sulphide or other light corrosion is removed. \n\nNext, place the cleaned and dried copper sheet on the burner and turn the burner to its highest setting. \n\nAs the copper starts to heat up, you will see beautiful oxidation patterns begin to form. Oranges, purples, and reds will cover the copper. \n\n\nAs the copper gets hotter, the colors are replaced with a black coating of cupric oxide. This is not the oxide we want, but it will flake off later, showing the reds, oranges, pinks, and purples of the cuprous oxide layer underneath. \n\n\n\nThe last bits of color disappear as the burner starts to glow red. \n\nWhen the burner is glowing red-hot, the sheet of copper will be coated with a black cupric oxide coat. Let it cook for a half an hour, so the black coating will be thick. This is important, since a thick coating will flake off nicely, while a thin coat will stay stuck to the copper. \n\n\nAfter the half hour of cooking, turn off the burner. Leave the hot copper on the burner to cool slowly. If you cool it too quickly, the black oxide will stay stuck to the copper. \n\nAs the copper cools, it shrinks. The black cupric oxide also shrinks. But they shrink at different rates, which makes the black cupric oxide flake off. \n\n\nThe little black flakes pop off the copper with enough force to make them fly a few inches. This means a little more cleaning effort around the stove, but it is fun to watch. \n\n\nWhen the copper has cooled to room temperature (this takes about 20 minutes), most of
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Maybe this can help...all you have to do is a search in Yahoo or Google...\n\nhttp://www.think-energy.com/ThinkEnergy/11-14/activities/EnergyTrans.aspx\n\nTry searching for "energy" or "kinetic energy"
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The press is a great spin doctor.  I'm sorry to say that both parties are most likely equally as bad.  It probably the nature of the beast.  Neither side is doing a great job leading.  A hornet's nest was messed with and now it has to be delt with.  Energy in the near term will be in short supply.  Both sides of the aisle have been informed what it will take to make Renewable Energy economically viable.  Neither side cares to do anything, but pat themselves on the back.
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what exactly are you trying to do? tell me alittle more and i might can help
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Just put "solar power bike" in to any search engine and stand back. I got 1,260,000 references.  I've included just one here!
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do something on alternative energy or fuel sources. or hybrid machines.
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I am not very good with optics but when I did the Science fair in school I did this project which turned out very well. It teaches about how to harness solar energy. \n\nhttp://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/solardogs.html\n\nThat project can actually be modified to even cook hamburgers it is a regular grill if done correctly.
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i suggest you either get in touch with teh IMECHE or go to an old fashionsed library! if you cannot access either of these several unis have eformation available or you could get a company to sponsor you- try some of the biggiees ie National Grid- British Energy or Kavernah?
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A renewable energy source is one that can be "renewed" , or can be produced again. Examples are wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal. Non-renewable energy comes from sources that cannot be created again, such as petrolium and coal.\nOur world is now looking for new renewable energy sources to take the place of nonrenewables when they run out.
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I live three miles from my job.  Ride a bike two days a week.  Support wind generated electricity because it is right, not cheaper.  Unfortunately, this is not enough. Hope someone else out there is doing SOMETHING!!!!!!!
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We are one of the most stupid countries on this planet (as evidenced by the questions & answers on this forum). Will you please do your part and actually learn something? Not just the physics required for your class but also, learn the work ethic that is required to finish a project yourself that will keep this nation great?\n\nThanks,\nan American
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notice how no one has answered...\n\nthat means there is no legitimate info to back up a viewpoint that involves wasting energy (notice how i've omitted "conservative" because that would mean they would "conserve" something!)
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how about doing it! why are you on the net if you need to do this project i mean do you have questions about the project? good luck and get to it
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Drive less (or stop alltogether) and lobby your politicians for renewable energy reform.  Also, turn the lights out, keep your lint filter clean, skip a shower, turn computer and monitor off when not in use, eat organic, use natural cleaning supplies, put furnace on a timer, turn water off while soaping up in shower, reuse everything, read Walden by Henry David Thereau, etc.
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renewable: Hydro Electricity, \nNon: Gas, Oil, Natural Gas, \nsorry thats all I could think of.
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Man did u luck out running into me, go to www.sciplus.com "American science and surplus", all sorts of abandon science projects, factory over runs, cancelled government orders, motors, solar cells, weird stuff in the science dept, it's a mad doctors dream come true, CHEAP TOO ! check it out, you'll find lots of "COOL" stuff, that has many uses ! I did a hydro-electric demonstration of power application, that was so small, I could do it in a lab sink, E-mail me if you want an "A", it's an easy experiment, inexpensive, looks very sophisticated, yet simply displays the hydro-electric properties of producing low cost, hydro-electric power, using no battery's or electric for assistance, just water, so it's completely SAFE ! works on displaying milli-amps of D.C. power, yet you are still producing (at a very low voltage) power.