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Re: renewable energy



"John S. Denker" wrote:

The coal-exhaustion timescale is not very long. World
annual energy budget 400 quads and increasing; 21 million
BTUs per ton of coal; world reserves one trillion tons of
coal. Do the math.

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/infocardnew.html

This link leads to worth seeing educational materials.
For example the energy quiz:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyquiz.html

or the energy guideline for teachers:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/guidelinesindex.html

or the energy units conversion chart:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/units.html

etc., etc.