Renewable energy conversation questions

Renewable energy

 * How many types of renewable energy can you think of?
 * Consider the following types of renewable energy. Every type of energy has some positive and negative impact on the environment.  All the following have a significant global advantage in that they reduce carbon dioxide production.  However they may have local negative impacts.  What are the positive and negative impacts of each one?
 * Wind power.
 * Dams. Hydroelectric energy.
 * Wave power.
 * Tidal power.
 * Geothermal power.
 * Solar power.
 * Biomass.


 * What help, if any, should governments give to help the establishment of renewable energy production?
 * What is your opinion of the Kyoto protocol?
 * Would you be prepared to take a job in renewable energy so that you could help to save the planet even though it paid less than a job in a polluting industry?
 * Would you be prepared to pay more for energy produced from a renewable source?