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On this page you will find answers to most of your questions about energy.

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• What is the scientific name for the energy in your body, like where you get your strength?


• What is radiant energy and mechanical energy (friction, compression, distortion)?


• What is the composition of a match head ...that is, what chemicals are used to manufacture them?


• Do you know of any more web sites that include games, activities or valuable information on energy?


• What is being done to solve the energy problems?


• What is the law of conservation of energy?


• Can you give a couple of examples of chemical energy?

• My son is trying to gather information on fluorescent lighting. Can you help him out?


• What does a parallel bulb circuit look like? What does a series bulb circuit look like?


• Is it better to turn computers off if they are going to be used again within a couple of hours?


• What experiment was Millikan known for?


• Why is it so important to turn off the lights when you leave the room? My sister makes a big deal every time I forget.


• What is electricity?


• How do batteries work?

• Which energy source, fossil fuel or uranium, will we run out of first? What are some advantages and disadvantages of both?


• Does fuel reall come from dinosaurs and fossils?


• Who was the first person to discover oil?

• Why can't we get all the power we need from renewable energy sources right now?

• Who discovered that water could be used to make electricity?


• What percentage of our energy comes from Hydro-electric?


• How do watermills, hydroelectricity, or dams work?


• I want to know, how to make a model in scale of a Pelton turbine.


• Is there is a minimum speed for water to be moving in order to use it for hydroelectricity.

• How exactly is wind turned into electricity inside the wind turbine?


• How and when did someone figure out that they could use wind as a type of energy?


• How many lights can one wind mill light up?


• How do wind mills work?

• Will there ever be a cordless computer like some of our phones?


• I would like to know about the early developments of solar energy in the west.


• I need information on Solar Water Heaters.


• What is solar energy used for mostly?


• Are solar panels hot to the touch?


• Who invented solar panels?


• Can solar energy be used as energy for any instrument(like a toy) that needs energy?


• Does solar energy have any bad parts about it, except that it isn't always sunny?


• Why aren't people using solar energy more?


• How long has solar energy been in use in California? In the U.S.A?

• My friends and I are doing a report on sound energy. Can you could send us some information?


• What are the advantages of tidal energy, and where is tidal energy used today?

• Why can't you try to split a positive and a negative atom to make cold fusion?


• Why does cold fusion only work with experimental error?


• What is nuclear energy used for?


• Why doesn't nuclear energy produce smoke?


• How many people does it take to operate a nuclear power plant?


• Who discovered nuclear fusion?


• Are there conditions you need to grow uranium?


• What states produce the most nuclear energy?

• How many lbs. or tons of carbon are used to burn a gallon of unleaded gasoline in the average American car?


• Why can't electric vehicles take advantage of the wind that is created by the vehicle in motion?

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