Tuesday, April 1, 2008

PLN 7

Today I came across another interesting article called Another Shift by Karl Fisch. This article is way different from what Karl Fisch normally writes about but it was very interesting and has to do a little bit with what I'm learning in ERE. It talks about the possibility of a wind powered car which would help the enviornment alot and conserve alot of energy.

What matters:
This may sound like a silly idea and it is merely an idea. But don't be so sure. Israel and Denmark are already working on this new enviornment friendly car. The science behind this is that the strongest winds come at night and night time is when cars are just sitting. So if they developed a wind powered car then it would create alot of energy like a windmills. This will conserve gas and energy and money. Alot of money is already being put into this in Israel and Denmark to make this possible. It isn't clear how long it will take before it is actually working and
efficient. The world is polluted everyday and so much energy is being wasted with every second. Cars also use alot of energy and gas. Gas is also very very expensive. But if these wind powered cars are actually built and sold, then we won't have to pay high prices for gas anymore and not only will our money be saved, but so will our natural resources.

What matters to me:
In ERE we have been learning about global warming and the envornment. I have noticed that ever since we started learning about it I have been more concious of the enviorment and have been trying to be conservative of the enviornment by turning off the lights and picking up trash so when I heard about this I was very happy about it cause this would help alot. But what surprised me is that Denmark and Israel are trying to build it. If they did it that would mean they were ahead in technology. That was surprising because the US is normally always ahead in those types of things.

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