Talk:Alternative energy

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hello chicken wing dood

This article redirected to Energy development which doesn't suffice. In the past it redirected to Renewable energy and Future energy development. Neither of these are equivalent to Alternative energy. Renewable energy is close but not necessarily the same. So I'm starting the page. --Duk 15:52, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

It sounds precisely like renewable energy (or sustainable energy) to me. What exactly is the article supposed to be about, if not the same things? Richard001 21:06, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
By definition, alternative energy doesn't harm the environment. Some forms of renewable energy, like large hydropower installations, don't meet that definition. This is an important distinction, and "alternative energy" is a widely used term - both need to be covered. --Duk 00:18, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestion for external links

I just wanted to suggest an external link for this page. The following is one of the most comprehensive alternative energy news websites:

Renewable Energy is very nice to have around these days because we can do things and it wont hurt the Earth or us at all. Its very nice to know. -Ethel Bennett —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.3.110.119 (talk) 16:01, 20 November 2007 (UTC)

I made the mistake of posting my link to [http:// AlternativeEnergy.com AlternativeEnergy.com] without discussing it here. The site is a definite resource that would be of great interest to people interested in this subject. The site is a Social Network with access to a tremendous amount of news, research, and important links to motivate people towards a path of deploying Alternative Energy. This is a vital interest in our time and this site is meant to be a portal to this new era. A review at Killer Startups recently called it a A Portal for Saving the World. The purpose of adding this link to Wikipedia is to be a service to the internet user. It is understood that there is no SEO benefit because of the NOFOLLOW links. Dougschi (talk) 18:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dougschi (talk • contribs) 03:23, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Maybe you would have more luck posting it to Renewable energy because this article really isn't much here to cover content. -Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 03:41, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I will do thatDougschi (talk) 18:32, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wave Power / Energy

While a WP search of wave energy takes you to wave power, my attempt to add wave energy to the article caused a red word with no page. I changed it to wave power. I would guess that no one is really trying to make a distinction between power over time and energy, which are equivalent. Perhaps a more sophisticated redirect is needed for wave power so that the entry is symmetric with the other energy entries. Nukeh (talk) 12:32, 13 March 2008 (UTC)