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Originally Posted by Not half, but whole!
I have pondered some issues concerning renewable resources. For many of the renewable sources that involve siphoning off some of the naturally occur systems (Wind, geothermal, tidal, solar, etc), would there actually be detrimental effects to the global systems in the long run.
For example:
Wind- If we are pulling out mechanical energy from wind systems; what impact could it have on weather patterns?
Geothermal seems pretty harmless, but tinkering with such volatile areas surely could have some detrimental side effects.
Tidal- While there are countless factors that drive ranging from various physical gradients, apply a turbine to drive for example might push the gradients into a different cycle or stall them completely.
What truly are the risks of tinkering with these systems?
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First, going green does not really mean doing things that will not affect the environment at all!! For....the moment we breathe...we put in a little more CO2 in the atmosphere!
The lets go green movement was started first..after the highly polluting industries and things like coal-power, petroleum, etc. were doing large scale damage to the planet. It was then, that an urgent need was felt to shift to "less polluting" sources of energy generation, etc....and those were the green sources...for they certainly caused much less problems.
As for is there anything really green...well if you grow vegetables and foodstuff in your backyard for your own consumption, I think that comes pretty close to being very green!,...n that's like just one example!
