The Energy Crisis

The Energy Crisis

The energy crisis is a very serious issue that sometimes gets shoved under the stacks of all the other problems the world faces. An energy crisis is when the population of a specific area uses more energy than the can produce there for making an energy crisis. A energy crisis can also be made by an area trying to find self sustainable ways of generating power so they don’t have to rely on foreign imports of oil, gas, coal, etc. A country might start to try to find independent solutions to foreign imports because of lack of control. The foreign country has control over the quantity and the prices of the things they import. Another possible reason for an energy crisis might actually be green energy. Have you have seen a solar panel field, ever wondered why they needed so many panels well they need so many panels because solar panels don’t actually make that much energy, and to make them worthwhile you need a lot of them. Some solar panels actually track the sun to produce maximum energy, but the tracking also takes energy to move the panels, and solar panels aren’t a constant source of energy because if their is a cloudy day/ rainy day the solar panels are pretty much worthless. How solar panels work-

“Simply put, a solar panel works by allowing photons, or particles of light, to knock electrons free from atoms, generating a flow of electricity. Solar panels actually comprise many, smaller units called photovoltaic cells. (Photovoltaic simply means they convert sunlight into electricity.) Many cells linked together make up a solar panel. - See more at: http://www.livescience.com/41995-how-do-solar-panels-work.html#sthash.DUjXs7Ts.dpuf”

Windmills aren’t much different you have to have huge fields of windmills to produce energy, but in my opinion windmills are worse the solar panels because with solar panels you can pretty much place them anywhere but with windmills the have to be tall and in a place that is pretty windy to produce power. The thing that windmills have going for them is that they can produce power night or day, rain or shine. Windmills generate power by having slanted blades that when the wind rushes by forces the blades to rotate spinning a generator to produce electricity.

Citations

http://www.global-economic-symposium.org/knowledgebase/the-global-environment/the-energy-crisis-and-climate-change/proposals/the-energy-crisis-and-climate-change

http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-and-solutions-to-the-global-energy-crisis.php

http://www.livescience.com/41995-how-do-solar-panels-work.html

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/solar-panels-now-make-more-electricity-they-use