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Renewable energy is energy from a source which can be
managed so that it is not subject to depletion
in a human
timescale. Sources include the sun's
rays, wind, waves, rivers, tides, biomass,
and geothermal.
Renewable energy does not include energy sources which are
traditionally thought to be dependent upon limited
resources, such as fossil
fuels and nuclear
fission power. New technology (The Fischer-Tropsch
process), however, may make these limited resources more widely
available. The problem will then be dealing with the side-effects of
burning hydrocarbons,
namely global
warming and acid
rain. Solutions such as a carbon
dioxide sink may help prevent the buildup of excess carbon in the
atmosphere which could potentially cause a slowing of the North
Atlantic Gyre [1].
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