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=__The General Idea__= Over the summer, I will be researching different kinds of renewable energy, such as **wind**, ** solar **, ** hydro **, and **algae** , and I will display my research on this site. Then once my research is mostly complete, I will begin to look at and partition an energy audit of the Teel building at Severn School.

"Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia now have renewable energy mandates." "...while energy sources like sunlight and wind are free and naturally replenished, converting them into large quantities of electricity requires vast amount of natural resources- most notably, land." "...however you crunch the numbers, the takeaway is the same: the amount of steel needed to generate a given amount of electricity from a wind turbine is greater by several orders of magnitude." [] “To reduce carbon dioxide production, provide secure domestic power, minimize power costs, and not be tied to fossil fuels with unpredictable prices, Maryland should adopt the French strategy of nuclear power with reprocessing of spent fuel rods. If there is political resistance to nuclear power, then the state should accept increased carbon dioxide with new plants fueled by domestic natural gas and avoid the unpleasant and costly surprises of wind power.”
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