0
it takes about 10 turbines for 1 fossil fuel to work.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
One advantage of using wind turbines rather than burning fossil fuels to produce electricity?
No air or water pollution as from burning fossil fuel. No chance of running out of wind. No territorial disputes over ownership of wind. No interruptions due to striking miners or civil war.
Why is wind energy better to use than fossil fuels?
Wind energy is not better than water energy. They are both very similar in that they are: * free (after the initial cost of the turbines) * sustainable (they won't run out) * renewable (they are still there tomorrow even if we use them completely today) If there is no wind, then the wind turbines don't turn to provide electricity. This can happen quite often, unless the turbines are placed where the wind blows non-stop all year round. If there is no water, then the water turbines don't turn. This will happen only rarely if the turbines are placed in the best position. Using ocean waves and tides will be more reliable than rivers which can dry up in droughts.
Examples of fuels which are not fossil fuels?
There are lots of non-fossil fuels, fossil fuels are non-renewable, other fuels such as wind power or water power are renewable meaning they can be replaced, nuclear power and wood are also non-fossil fuels.
How can the society change the continuous use of fossil fuels?
We need to burn fossil fuels now to produce electricity and power our transport. When we do this we release carbon that has been buried for millions of years. Before we can stop burning fossil fuels we need to develop other ways of generating electricity, like better ways of using solar, wind, water and thermal energy. When we can do this efficiently then we can stop using fossil fuels.
How do wind farms not contribute to global warming?
Wind farms generate electricity using the power of the wind. There are no polluting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, such as are released from fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas).
How do you make electrical current?
burn fossil fuels or turbines or hydro or wind
Does wind energy use fossil fuels?
No. Wind turbines capture the wind's energy and convert it into electricity.
Does wind energy use traditional fossil fuels?
No. Wind turbines capture the wind's energy and convert it into electricity.
What is a disadvantage of using wind turbines rather than burning fossil fuels?
Wind power is unreliable. Fossil fuels can be used in greater quantities when in higher demand; we don't get to pick when the wind is effective. You can only put wind turbines where there is a stable amount of wind constantly. For example, a place shielded from winds would not make much power at all, causing in a power deficit.
What kind of fossil fuel do wind turbines need to produce electricity?
You obviously don't understand what fossil fuels are-coal, oil, natural gas. Wind turbines don't need any of these to produce electricity
Can wind power compete with fossil fuels?
Once fossil fuels is lowering more, than yes because people would soon want to find a new ways of energy source and wind power is efficient depending on where the wind turbines are placed at
What part of science does wind turbines belong to?
Physics mainly although you could relate it to chemistry as an alternative energy to fossil fuels
How will wind turbines help your environment in the future?
it will mean that there will be more fossil fuels to burn in the future and then the normal electricity to use x
How are fossil fuels different from wind power?
wind power blows and fossil fuels are gases
Is wind a fossil fuel?
no, fossil fuels are very old chemical substances that we burn for energy, like natural gas, oil and coal. we get wind power out of the movement of air by using mechanical methods like wind turbines
Are all the fuels fossil fuels?
No Solar and wind power are both not fossil fuels.
Can your renewable resource wind replace fossil fuels?
No the wind cannot be replaced by fossil fuels as it is non-renewable.
