In last week's class we all began to learn about lightning and the power each bolt wields. It is often thought that harvesting this power would bring great energy to the masses all around the globe. The question is, of course, how do we capture that power generated by a lightning bolt? How do we harvest that energy to be used later? That is this week's problem - and we will tackle it in our next design and explanation segment.
In this week's class we finished writing sentences using lightning vocabulary. Then we answered some questions relating to lightning. All of the answers were poignant and well thought out. We are all now designing our lightning energy harvesters. I showed you some information on the Internet, including drawings and schematics from brilliant thinkers like Nikola Tesla. Lightning energy is out there, all around us. It is ready for the taking, as Tesla surmised. However, the question remains - how do we get that energy and turn it into useful power for our light bulbs, hair dryers, washing machines, and cell-phone chargers? Is it possible? I'm willing to bet it is. And I think that if you can devise a ground-breaking way to harvest that energy, you too will be as famous and wealthy as Nikola Tesla himself.
Good luck!
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Nuclear Power
Many
people fear nuclear energy because you can't see it, taste it, smell
it, or feel it. It can creep up on you from miles away, but you can't detect it yourself. It can cause many health and environmental problems.
This is one scary notion. Nuclear energy has both fascinated and scared me from my earliest days of childhood.In fact, in my state, Pennsylvania, a nuclear accident occurred at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in 1979. I won't tell you my age, but I do remember that incident. Ever since then I've been awed and terrified by nuclear power.
After the Tohoku earthquake in March of 2011 which dessminated the town of Kessenuma and the Fukushima nuclear power plant, we all became more aware of the power, and danger, of nuclear energy. After the Kumamoto earthquakes, too, we all became fearful of what might happen in our own neighborhoods after a devastating earthquake.
In the class about nuclear energy we watched a short movie about the dangers of nuclear energy, but not only about the dangers - about the potential of nuclear energy as well. Of course nuclear energy is dangerous, but it also has the capability or producing vast amounts of never ending energy. Isn't that we we need to help humanity evolve? Isn't that better for progress? For advancing to the next level of awareness, of creating the next generation after generation of society? This is something we all must ask - are the benefits worth the risk? Perhaps only time and advances in nuclear technology will tell.
Think about it!
This is one scary notion. Nuclear energy has both fascinated and scared me from my earliest days of childhood.In fact, in my state, Pennsylvania, a nuclear accident occurred at Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in 1979. I won't tell you my age, but I do remember that incident. Ever since then I've been awed and terrified by nuclear power.
After the Tohoku earthquake in March of 2011 which dessminated the town of Kessenuma and the Fukushima nuclear power plant, we all became more aware of the power, and danger, of nuclear energy. After the Kumamoto earthquakes, too, we all became fearful of what might happen in our own neighborhoods after a devastating earthquake.
In the class about nuclear energy we watched a short movie about the dangers of nuclear energy, but not only about the dangers - about the potential of nuclear energy as well. Of course nuclear energy is dangerous, but it also has the capability or producing vast amounts of never ending energy. Isn't that we we need to help humanity evolve? Isn't that better for progress? For advancing to the next level of awareness, of creating the next generation after generation of society? This is something we all must ask - are the benefits worth the risk? Perhaps only time and advances in nuclear technology will tell.
Think about it!
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