http://blog.maxdunn.com/articles/2009/03/19/wind-water-and-sun-best-energy-alternatives en-us 40 Max Dunn's Blog <p>A recent study by Mark Jacobson at Stanford ranks clean energy options and found that wind was by far the most promising. The best to worst electric power sources Jacobson found were:</p> <ol> <li>Wind power</li> <li>Concentrated solar power</li> <li>Geothermal power</li> <li>Tidal power</li> <li>Solar photovoltaic</li> <li>Wave power</li> <li>Hydroelectric power</li> <li>Nuclear/coal with carbon capture</li> </ol> <p>Jacobson also comes down hard on biofuels, <em>&#8220;Biofuels are the most damaging choice we could make in our efforts to move away from using fossil fuels.&#8221;</em> He added, <em>&#8220;Ethanol-based biofuels will actually cause more harm to human health, wildlife, water supply and land use than current fossil fuels.&#8221;</em></p> <p>(Reference: <a href="http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2009/january7/power-010709.html">Wind, water and sun beat other energy alternatives, study finds</a>)</p> Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:29:00 -0800 urn:uuid:15d0143d-345d-4bf1-bd3e-2167a33fa606 Max Dunn http://blog.maxdunn.com/articles/2009/03/19/wind-water-and-sun-best-energy-alternatives Sustainable Energy