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Why are new ways to produce energy needed?

Unconventional power productions are a large contribution to air pollution, therefore global warming. Petroleum is the number one source for energy production. Due to the gravity of our current situation, we must harvest environmentally friendly energy from as many sources as possible. Currently, geothermal energy harvesting is the closest to harvesting power from geysers they have got. In our model, the explosive energy of the geys propels a turbine that harvests the energy and converts it to electricity.

How is this model going to make an impact?

This model offers another form of renewable energy, which is really needed. Like above here is explained, energy at the moment has a large impact on climate change. And if there are more ways to prevent toxic gasses from coming in the atmosphere, we shoudl always grab them with both hands. That is why we made a generator that turns the kinetic energy from a geyser into electric energy, that we can actually use in our everyday life. Our model begins with the pressure that starts building up in the chamber from a geyser. Which builds up because of the pressure pushing the water down so that the boiling point is higher than that of normal water. That pressured water heats up and will eventually vaporize, which will cause the water above to burst to the surface and that movement we are trying to catch. The speed of the water coming out of the geyser can go up to the speed of sound. Which means we can generate up to 3375 kWh a day, which doesn't sound like a lot but it means that 30 houses can be powered from 1 geyser everyday.

What will happen if we don't do anything about climate change?

First of all, a lot of ice on both the poles will probably melt. Which will most likely result in a significant rise of the waterlevels worldwide. This might result in more and more floodings. Also there might be more wildfires because of more extreme climates, which will again result in more CO2 in the air resulting again in rising temperatures. Because with every wildfire, houses get damage, so all the house insurances will probably go up.

Infograph about energy and climate change