Whatever technologies are used to capture kinetic energy (wind, tidal current, geothermal, dams, etcetera) they will have an adverse consequence on the environment, natural and social. Though over time improvements will reduce their impact, there will always be detrimental consequences. However, the need to move wire through a magnetic field to generate electricity requires some form of energy.
Steam, the most common force to turn turbines, either requires burning fossil and bio fuels or the heat created from nuclear fission, the byproducts of either effort are harmful. A new technology being developed uses osmotic pressure to force salt water through turbines. However, this method has significant drawbacks.
Besides the highly corrosive nature of this liquid on machinery, the process requires large quantities of fresh water to become mixed with the salt water, further decreasing our rapidly diminishing supply of potable water. Given that the energy to desalinate water is likely to be greater than the electricity that can be generated, this hardly seems to be a viable alternative to existing methods. Frankly, I am at a loss as to how to cut through this Gordian knot.
We are damned if we do (adverse consequences) and damned if we don't (inability to keep up with worldwide demands for electricity). Bill1939 57 months ago.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.