Energy Solutions

While some may say our world is coming to an end, perhaps one interpretation could be that the world as we know it - the short-term thinking, wasteful, polluting world - could perhaps be taking its final bow.

Though there are many undeniable effects - global warming, landfills taking all they can, etc. - there are some wonderful, innovative things happening. While the world may be undeniably heating up, people are undeniably becoming smarter. Here a few interesting energy solutions I found:


This incredible idea is an extension of the pottery water-cooling vessels used throughout the millennium. I found this article by Chris Gupta at StumbleUpon.com

Cool: Fridge Without Using Electricity!
This is Mohammed Bah Abba's Pot-in-pot invention. In northern Nigeria, where Mohammed is from, over 90% of the villages have no electricity. His invention, which he won a Rolex Award for (and $100,000), is a refrigerator than runs without electricity.



I got this next article from BBCnews.com. Take a look at the world's first "Wave Far"

In Portugal, the "Agucadoura" was built, consisting of three Wave Energy Converters generating a total of 2.25 Mega watts.

These elongated metal contraptions bob up and down with the waves, while internal pistons, attached to the sea floor, remain stationary and pump hydraulic fluid. This drives electric generators, whose power is brought ashore by underwater electrical cables.

The wave farm is now tapping into enough constant, renewable energy to power 1500 homes.
Who knew there was so much power in the ocean waves?

If we laid these 459-foot orange caterpillars all over the world's oceans, we could tap 2 Tera watts of power, twice the consumption of the entire world. This perhaps may sound impractical, but it is a step in the right direction, using what we already have, the ocean, instead of wishing for something we don't have.

Could these energy alternatives be what our energy-starved planet needs?

What are your ideas?