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Not really. It's only a little pollution. What harm could be done?
Define pollution. Clarify the type and magnitude of "light".
Also to who is it a problem? People living next to it or drinking polluted waters? The polluters themselves who must pay for cleanup through regulation and law? Stability of natural habitats?
Is this a cumulative feature, with lots of industries or individuals lightly polluting as opposed to a few heavily polluting and most of the rest non polluters? At that point it would seem like we're talking about a behavioral economics problem (that people think a little environmental improvement at the micro is sufficient and cancel out their improvements at the macro by failing to maintain their previous cleanly behaviors in mass).
Pollution is all the same to me. Carbon Dixoxide is released from some machine and is released into the Atmosphere and gets trapped. Could someone use force to move the world into green living like electric cars and always recycle? And what about the Hydrogen cells? Isnt technology for that being improved? Although it is expensive in the beginning but in the end, Money is not much of a problem. (Unless there are repairs to be done)
I have a problem with you blaming all "pollution" on carbon dioxide . . .
Please answer the question of; "What do you exhale?"
Hydrogen cells have two very real problems; (1) They are not really very efficient, (2) They are inherently dangerous. And not to mention that they are EXTREMELY expensive.
Way back in the very early days of automotive transportation electric cars were first introduced around 1903 to 1925. They were found to be VERY expensive and VERY underpowered. Not much has changed with electric cars since then except for the new forms of electrical storage(battery's).
Remember, when it comes to automotive transportation there are two VERY important factors that must be met; (1) Power, and (2) expense. Henry Ford answered both those questions and that is why his product became the most successful and why everyone worldwide has been trying to better his ideas ever since, to no avail.
Is this asking about light pollution, as in I can't see the stars because too many lights are on at night, or as in smaller amounts of pollution?
I know all that stuff is very expensive with todays economy but the technology is slowly going up. And i know we briethe carbon dioxide. And cows fart something worse then that. Everything we have today has been because of trial and error. But my statement still stands. Computers used to be huge and now theyre as thin as paper and they can store so much memory and its going to one day be the same with batteries and other green tech.
Back in the 1970's many auto companies experimented with the Stirling Engine (it runs on hot/cold air – Google it), this type of engine could be used to power a generator/alternator by using a natural gas type of burner for the hot air and outside air could be the cooler part of it. Anyway, that could be one solution for electric transportation. CNG (compressed natural gas or propane, if you will) is one of the most plentiful natural resources in this country.
I do not look for any alternative sources to become economically feasible within the next 50 to 100 years. If we try to force it, it will be a economic disaster. That is just the reality of the situation.
What about thermal energy? Using energy from the mantel? It would be very difficult to get through the crust but it would probably be worth it. And if Tesla was still alive he would have built the tower that could send electricity without power lines. That could be very useful with solar pannels in space.