Week 2 and the first eviction is tomorrow so now really is your last chance to get your votes in! Today’s environment chat included questions on carrot-powered cars and renewable energy.
Did you know…
- Cars can (probably, indirectly) be run on carrots:
Carrots by Thamizhpparithi Maari for Wikimedia
mitchellwallington : Do you think that you can make a car run on carrots?
natashawatson : cars running on carrots? they could probably; if you fermented the carrots you’d get alcohol and you can run a car on that.
- We’re already making use of energy from the core of the Earth:
landrosa : do you think we will ever be able to reach the earths core and harness its energy? if so would it count as a renewable source of energy?
nicolalazenby : We already use the earths core’s heat through Geothermal energy! You dig a big hole into the ground and pump water down it, this water then gets heated to steam which rises and turns turbines!
More questions asked and answered
From teachers crushing dreams to rockets launching into space, see what the engineers had to say:
- What is the difference between transparent soil and normal soil?
- Do you feel teachers should help you follow your dreams?
- How many model rockets would it take to launch a real rocket into space?
- Is there enough energy in the world to move all humans from earth to out of orbit?
More questions and answers here.