Environmental Clean Energy
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Combating Climate Change Without Inflicting Other Environmental Penalties
Raanan Liebermann[4].
A new promising technology to combat climate, needs to be evaluated versus the exist utilized technologies. The result would lead to the realization that such new technology needs to be exercised without delay. Once this technology to combat climate change is activated, we should see results even within the first year, which will continue and grow as time moves on. It is a rather large undertaking and hopefully would overcome rapidly any obstacles to its activation. Examining current exercised solutions for combating climate change, we recognize three major efforts. (a) Electric Batteries; (EV) ; (b) Solar Energy; (c) Wind Energy. We will consider each of the three methods, as to their potential impact on reducing green house gasses, as well as their general impact on the environment. |
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(a) Electric Batteries.
It appears that an electric battery does provide the energy needed for vehicles to operate and even the current issues of finding sufficient plug-in locations for recharge may be on its way for an acceptable solution. Further, the high price of such batteries should drop with increase of usage, so it's just a matter of time.
However, right from the outset, the solution to reduce greenhouse gas by utilizing electric batteries, should give us all a pause, as it appears to be a disillusioned solution for the following reasons.
Usage of electric batteries for cars, requires charging the batteries, once they are depleted of their energy, due to usage in the car. However, it takes more fossil fuel to generate the energy for the vehicle's battery, than the greenhouse gas emitted by the car operating on fossil fuel. Then, a few years down the road of usage, the electric battery needs to be discarded and replaced by another EV, because it the electric battery contains electrodes that erode with usage. The discarded batteries have acid in them that sip into the ground. The net result therefore, appears to be that we added more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and on top of it, we poisoned the earth with the acids released by the discarded batteries. Thus, the EV solution does not appear to constitute an attractive solution to combat climate change.
(b) Solar Energy.
We will ignore important drawbacks to such technology, such as poisonous hydrofluoric acid and sodium hydroxide ingredients, used for solar panels that can leak into the environment and damage it[1] . Such drawbacks can be fixed with different choice of ingredients and do not constitute inherent problems that we will encounter below.
Economically, such a solution appears ideal, since besides the in installation costs that are amortized over time, it constitutes cost free energy that does not contain any greenhouse .gasses. However, such operation cannot be isolated from the environment as it requires reception of the source of the energy from the sun. Such exposure attracts to it ecological elements, such as insects attracted to the warm beams of light. Obviously, due to the high temperature of the concentrated sunlight beams, such insects are incinerated, making them ideal feeds for birds. As a result, birds seeking to feed on the incinerated insects are instantly burned when entering such heat inferno. As an example, it is estimated[1],[2] that in such environment of the Ivanpah Solar plant that started feeding the California Grid in 2014 and obtains the energy for it turbines from solar energy, some 6,000 birds are incinerated every year, albeit the responsible and commendable efforts taken by the plant to discourage birds access to the dangerous ambient air around the plant's beams. It's importance goes beyond human considerations, as birds are essential element in the survival[3] of our ecosystem, by spreading nutrients across different habitats. As such, solar energy does not appear to be a suitable solution, in spite of its advantages.
(c) Wind Energy.
Wind farms, constituting of wind turbines present an even more formidable danger to the ecosystem, where birds and bats are considered. Birds during the day and bats during the night become fatality when they get caught by the fast rotating blades of the turbines, as well as the pressure differences caused by it[1]. At least 20,000 birds a year become a fatality to this energy generating technology.
The New Promising Technology.
It appears therefore, that any one of the listed renewable energy systems is flawed in its total environmental offering. An alternative to combat climate change that is beneficial to the environment under all aspects is presented below, together with its added economic benefits. The technology utilizes some of the very same protagonists occurring in EV, although in a different manner.
Under the laws of physics, when a force is exerted on any object, an equal force is exerted back on al the original exerting cause. A mobile car exerts force on the road upon which it travels and the road impacts back force on the car. Since the wheels rotate rapidly, a car gets hit several hundred times per minute by such impacts from the road. Vehicles use springs and dampers in the car so that passengers do not feel the impact. Namely, this is wasted mechanical energy. The new developed technology captures the mechanical energy and through specialized developed contraptions in the vehicle converts it to electrical energy. Such contraptions can either be constructed in new models of vehicles, or be built as add-ons to existing vehicles. Since the "salvaged" mechanical energy is not directly related to the energy mobilizing the vehicle, there is no violation of the laws of physics in the resulting electrical energy being larger than the amount the car needs for mobility. Therefore, the surplus energy is housed in special storage that can receive and emit the energy almost instantaneously.
After the resulting electrical energy is temporarily stored in the vehicle, comes the subsequent step of discharging it to external collectors. Such collectors are composed of the same technology utilized in the vehicles that enables rapid charging and discharging of the electric energy. Such collectors are positioned next to designated areas, so that when the vehicle passes by them, the vehicle recognizes such recipient of energy and automatically discharges the extra energy housed in its temporary storage. The collectors move the energy to sub-stations that can feed the electric grid. The designated areas for the collectors is next to traffic lights, stop signs, parking lots next to shopping areas, toll booth stations on the highways, etc. Since the generated energy does not cost any money, the owners of the cars receive monetary incentive for the few seconds of their slowing down during the discharge operation and recognition of their contribution.
The technology therefore is Crowd-Sourced Carbon-Free energy that the electric grid can now sell to the industry and homes, which it obtains at competitive cost to the purchase and operation of fossil fuel. There are already several patents pending for the technology and project and one was already allowed.
CERLAS Institute will facilitate contact between any interested commercial entity and / or Governmental jurisdiction interested in the technology and the holders of the Intellectual Property Rights.
[1] Yonat Eshchar, Davidson Institute, February 23, 2017
[2] Louis Shagun, Latimes, September 2, 2016
[3] http://www.environmentalscience.org/birds-ecosystem-services
[4] Raanan Liebermann can be reached by clicking on Contact.
It appears that an electric battery does provide the energy needed for vehicles to operate and even the current issues of finding sufficient plug-in locations for recharge may be on its way for an acceptable solution. Further, the high price of such batteries should drop with increase of usage, so it's just a matter of time.
However, right from the outset, the solution to reduce greenhouse gas by utilizing electric batteries, should give us all a pause, as it appears to be a disillusioned solution for the following reasons.
Usage of electric batteries for cars, requires charging the batteries, once they are depleted of their energy, due to usage in the car. However, it takes more fossil fuel to generate the energy for the vehicle's battery, than the greenhouse gas emitted by the car operating on fossil fuel. Then, a few years down the road of usage, the electric battery needs to be discarded and replaced by another EV, because it the electric battery contains electrodes that erode with usage. The discarded batteries have acid in them that sip into the ground. The net result therefore, appears to be that we added more greenhouse gases to the atmosphere and on top of it, we poisoned the earth with the acids released by the discarded batteries. Thus, the EV solution does not appear to constitute an attractive solution to combat climate change.
(b) Solar Energy.
We will ignore important drawbacks to such technology, such as poisonous hydrofluoric acid and sodium hydroxide ingredients, used for solar panels that can leak into the environment and damage it[1] . Such drawbacks can be fixed with different choice of ingredients and do not constitute inherent problems that we will encounter below.
Economically, such a solution appears ideal, since besides the in installation costs that are amortized over time, it constitutes cost free energy that does not contain any greenhouse .gasses. However, such operation cannot be isolated from the environment as it requires reception of the source of the energy from the sun. Such exposure attracts to it ecological elements, such as insects attracted to the warm beams of light. Obviously, due to the high temperature of the concentrated sunlight beams, such insects are incinerated, making them ideal feeds for birds. As a result, birds seeking to feed on the incinerated insects are instantly burned when entering such heat inferno. As an example, it is estimated[1],[2] that in such environment of the Ivanpah Solar plant that started feeding the California Grid in 2014 and obtains the energy for it turbines from solar energy, some 6,000 birds are incinerated every year, albeit the responsible and commendable efforts taken by the plant to discourage birds access to the dangerous ambient air around the plant's beams. It's importance goes beyond human considerations, as birds are essential element in the survival[3] of our ecosystem, by spreading nutrients across different habitats. As such, solar energy does not appear to be a suitable solution, in spite of its advantages.
(c) Wind Energy.
Wind farms, constituting of wind turbines present an even more formidable danger to the ecosystem, where birds and bats are considered. Birds during the day and bats during the night become fatality when they get caught by the fast rotating blades of the turbines, as well as the pressure differences caused by it[1]. At least 20,000 birds a year become a fatality to this energy generating technology.
The New Promising Technology.
It appears therefore, that any one of the listed renewable energy systems is flawed in its total environmental offering. An alternative to combat climate change that is beneficial to the environment under all aspects is presented below, together with its added economic benefits. The technology utilizes some of the very same protagonists occurring in EV, although in a different manner.
Under the laws of physics, when a force is exerted on any object, an equal force is exerted back on al the original exerting cause. A mobile car exerts force on the road upon which it travels and the road impacts back force on the car. Since the wheels rotate rapidly, a car gets hit several hundred times per minute by such impacts from the road. Vehicles use springs and dampers in the car so that passengers do not feel the impact. Namely, this is wasted mechanical energy. The new developed technology captures the mechanical energy and through specialized developed contraptions in the vehicle converts it to electrical energy. Such contraptions can either be constructed in new models of vehicles, or be built as add-ons to existing vehicles. Since the "salvaged" mechanical energy is not directly related to the energy mobilizing the vehicle, there is no violation of the laws of physics in the resulting electrical energy being larger than the amount the car needs for mobility. Therefore, the surplus energy is housed in special storage that can receive and emit the energy almost instantaneously.
After the resulting electrical energy is temporarily stored in the vehicle, comes the subsequent step of discharging it to external collectors. Such collectors are composed of the same technology utilized in the vehicles that enables rapid charging and discharging of the electric energy. Such collectors are positioned next to designated areas, so that when the vehicle passes by them, the vehicle recognizes such recipient of energy and automatically discharges the extra energy housed in its temporary storage. The collectors move the energy to sub-stations that can feed the electric grid. The designated areas for the collectors is next to traffic lights, stop signs, parking lots next to shopping areas, toll booth stations on the highways, etc. Since the generated energy does not cost any money, the owners of the cars receive monetary incentive for the few seconds of their slowing down during the discharge operation and recognition of their contribution.
The technology therefore is Crowd-Sourced Carbon-Free energy that the electric grid can now sell to the industry and homes, which it obtains at competitive cost to the purchase and operation of fossil fuel. There are already several patents pending for the technology and project and one was already allowed.
CERLAS Institute will facilitate contact between any interested commercial entity and / or Governmental jurisdiction interested in the technology and the holders of the Intellectual Property Rights.
[1] Yonat Eshchar, Davidson Institute, February 23, 2017
[2] Louis Shagun, Latimes, September 2, 2016
[3] http://www.environmentalscience.org/birds-ecosystem-services
[4] Raanan Liebermann can be reached by clicking on Contact.