It can also come from micro turbines running off of natural gas, mathene, sewer gas, etc...which Capstone makes too(they have a great product if you look into it)
many cities are now collecting sewer/landfill gas to turn into electricity....
These turbines can also use the waste heat for heating or a chiller for air conditioning
You seriously think we can collect enough energy from “sewer gases” to power electric cars? Seriously?
Natural gas is the only serious energy source in your list (another fossil fuel, btw.) Everything else is simple pie-in-the-sky stuff that people have been trying for DECADES. I remember articles from 40 years ago about getting methane gas from landfills, how far has that technology gone in 40 years? Not far.
Energy can’t be created by wishful thinking.
actaully the tech has gone very far using GE or CATs huge Generator sets...china is building a large methane plant although nuke is the answer..these mini-power plants combined with large central ones on a smart grid would be really good
from 2006.
BEIJING, People’s Republic of China (PRC), May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Caterpillar Inc. has been selected to provide 60 methane-gas- powered generator sets to produce 120 megawatts of power at the Sihe Coal Mine in Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, China. The Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Coal Mining Group Co., Ltd. is the project developer for the methane gas power project, which is expected to be the largest of its kind in the world when it is fully operational.
“You seriously think we can collect enough energy from “sewer gases” to power electric cars? Seriously?”
You can collect enough sewer gas to run the sewer and water plant and turn a profit.
These decissions should be made based on economic grounds. Just because the greens may approve of something, doesn’t mean it is always wrong.