Riccardo's Science Blog

Summary This week during my research in geothermal energy I found out some very interesting things: One thing I found out is that direct use of geothermal heat pumps have almost no negative impact on the environment. Another thing I learned is that geothermal power plants do not burn fuel to generate electricity, so the levels of air pollutants they release are low. And another thing that I find very fascinating is that because geothermal energy has no negative impact, geothermal heat pumps can actually have a positive effect because they may reduce the use of other types of energy that may have greater negative impacts on the environment. One final thing is that it does not require purchase of fuel, and because it is a base load resource, geothermal power is reliable, helping to stabilize prices. The average cost of geothermal plant over its lifetime is dramatically lower than that of traditional sources of power. So over all geothermal energy is very useful and does ...

Surprise Today during science class Abram and I were making our projects and we had a problem. We reported our problem and we found out that for our project it was better if we used C battery's not the D kind. I was surprised because most of the time the D battery's will have a higher voltage on the light but in this case the C battery's worked better ( plus they fit in the battery holder). I learned that most of time even though one battery is bigger and looks better the smaller battery can be stronger and even if it provides less voltage it provides the same amount.