Harnessing Energy

In our lives today energy in some form or the other is vital for a comfortable existence. That energy is most prevalent in our lives as electricity. For many of us there is no getting away from using electricity in one form or the other in any given day. Here is a simple science experiment.

For one day try not to use any energy which you have not harnessed yourself. Are you up to the challenge? Imagine your daily routine. Follow yourself in your mind going from one event to the next in your mundane daily existence and notice every part of your life where you use ready made energy.

Once you have identified all the energy needs that you have in a single day work out which ones you will need to replace them with. For instance if you use the car to go to school you are using energy from fossil fuels. This can be replaced by cycling to school and using human muscle energy.

You get the general idea. Now make a list of things that you will be able to do by harnessing your own energy and you will also end up with a second list of what all you can not do without ready made energy. Now here is the point of the exercise, these are things that you may not be able to do in the not too far future as we end up depleting our natural energy resources. Scary isn’t it, this science project.

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