wikipedia vs IEEE

[Gibson486]

Obviously IEEE would be the more reliable source....

However, there is a bit on Wikipedia that says Renewable energy does have emissions.

IEEE, on the other hand, has an article that says renewable energy has no emissions.

It's only one author in IEEE that ever mentions it (in the articles I have read). I just want to to know that since wikipedia is made by online contributions, how reliable can it be?

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Links? I want to see this.

 

[daniel1113]

Wikipedia > * free encyclopedia sites

 

[Oscar1613]

what renewable energy? there are many different forms... some of which have emissions (like burning logs) and some that have no emissions (like wind power)

 

[Gibson486]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power

look under Airborne pollution. I am assuming ( i know, don't assume) that since they say it contributes to global warming, it has emmisions.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: Oscar1613
what renewable energy? there are many different forms... some of which have emissions (like burning logs) and some that have no emissions (like wind power)

Probably depends on what the definiton of emisions is (clean or not clean). Even hydrogen cells have emissions. It's just water though.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: Oscar1613
what renewable energy? there are many different forms... some of which have emissions (like burning logs) and some that have no emissions (like wind power)

they don't say. but he says "including all renewables".

 

[J0hnny]

Originally posted by: Oscar1613
what renewable energy? there are many different forms... some of which have emissions (like burning logs) and some that have no emissions (like wind power)

 

[mercanucaribe]

If you mean like growing plants to use to make biodiesel, there are no net emissions from the renewable energy source itself.
Edit: And regarding burning logs, that doesn't put out any more CO2 than the wood released into the air to begin with. THere may be other chemicals that have been altered though.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Originally posted by: Gibson486
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power

look under Airborne pollution. I am assuming ( i know, don't assume) that since they say it contributes to global warming, it has emmisions.

I think they were referring to the process of mining and harvesting uranium ore, the process of which would result in air pollution from heavy machinery/trucks/etc.

I suppose you could argue that renewable energy indirectly had emissions in the same way, since you'd have to build the wind turbine/dam/whatever using materials that had to be mined and machinery that ran on fossil fuels.

Still though, there aren't going to be emissions from letting a windmill spin.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix

Originally posted by: Gibson486
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power

look under Airborne pollution. I am assuming ( i know, don't assume) that since they say it contributes to global warming, it has emmisions.

I think they were referring to the process of mining and harvesting uranium ore, the process of which would result in air pollution from heavy machinery/trucks/etc.

I suppose you could argue that renewable energy indirectly had emissions in the same way, since you'd have to build the wind turbine/dam/whatever using materials that had to be mined and machinery that ran on fossil fuels.

Still though, there aren't going to be emissions from letting a windmill spin.

that is exactly what i thought.