Week 9: Energy and World Change (Past, Present, Future)

really sorry for the late posting!

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Recess week's over and we are finally back to class for our weekly dosage of TWC. haha!

As usual, the class started with an interesting video on how new technologies had help the world become greener and how the world would change for the better when we accept renewable energy.

With the rising energy consumption and the need for economic development, it is necessary to have sufficient energy. However, we would have to look for new sources of energy as what we have been using, like fossil fuels, are depleting at a fast rate.

From the slides, prof mentioned about the potential sources of energy which are classified into above the ground and below the ground. The sources that are below the ground are what we have been using since long ago and are depleting at a fast rate. Sources of energy above the ground refers to the new sources of energy like hydro or wind.

Necessity is the driver of innovation and here is a video which i saw on facebook previously. This video really shows how necessity drives innovation.

We went on to the presentations by our classmates.

Radeya present on Offshore Wind Farming which is a potential source of energy. There were some complications with offshore wind farming, like causing damage to migrating birds (which are proven to be not true), and high cost of implementation. It is also said to have detrimental effect on property values. One more interesting point which Radeya pointed out was that there were some superstitious beliefs with regards to the implementation of the offshore windfarms

The second presenter presented on hybrid solar power plants in florida and this is an interesting video which she has showed us.

Next Chayadi presented on the usage of tornado power to generate energy. This was an interesting presentation even though i dont think this is safe. Personally i dont feel safe making use of this new source of energy. Despite that, i do agree that there's alot of potential energy sources that are available to us as long as we explore more and not abuse these new sources to harm other people (if i can create a tornado, i can abuse this technology/energy source and use it for warfare)

And lastly, the last presentation of the day, by Luke, on "Antimatter: Do it matter?"
Personally i like this presentation alot and i find this a very interesting topic.
Antimatter would be a great source of energy, even though it does hold a high risk to use. and just like tornado, if people abuse this energy, i believe the effects would be detrimental.