• Question: what do you think of using uranium as a alternative power sorce? also, what about bio feul and hydrogen fuel cells?

    Asked by to Aled, Ellie, Fiona, Kev, Willem on 18 Mar 2014. This question was also asked by .
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      Willem Heijltjes answered on 18 Mar 2014:

      I think uranium is not a good solution to our energy problems, because of the radioactive waste, and the danger of accidents.

      I think biofuel is a reasonable idea – but we need to make it work in a better way! Now, we’re using good farmland for growing biofuel, which means the food in poor countries is becoming more expensive! It would be better if we could get biofuel from trees (from cellulose).

      And while fuel cells are great, batteries are also getting better – we don’t know which of the two will be the best, in the end. A big problem is the hydrogen itself – it’s hard to store in a small space, and it can explode! But a colleague of mine is trying to fix the storage problem – so I hope it will all work out! 😉

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