Air Technology

Air technology increased as new laws forced factories and plants to comply the demands of the government. The three major types of air technology included wind, biofuels, and nuclear energy. These forms of air technology were created as the result of laws and legislations, which were the seeds of many new inventions. Wind, biofuels, and nuclear energy were important energy resources for air technology.

Wind, biofuels, and nuclear energy were the three main types of air technology. Wind energy came from wind turbines. There were two types of wind turbines – horizontal-axis and vertical-axis wind turbines. Horizontal-axis turbines looked like windmills. Vertical-axis wind turbines looked like eggbeaters. Wind energy was “clean, safe, and endlessly renewable” (Alternative Energy 321). This type of energy was healthy for the air because it did not pollute. In addition, it was “cost-effective” (Alternative Energy 321). Biofuels were made from plants such as wood, straw, and dung. They were burned, and the energy released was used as fuel. For example, a power plant in Burlington, Vermont, was fueled by wood. Biofuels were good for the economy. This source “promised lucrative new markets for farm products” (The New York Times: Biofuels). Nuclear energy was released from within the nucleus of an atom. Nuclear energy was not based on carbon. During the middle of the Twentieth century, nuclear energy was thought to produce “limited cheap electricity” (Wald). However during the late Twentieth century, accidents such as the one at the Three Mile Island, started to occur during the middle of the Twentieth century. The government realized that there was no place to store the waste and the construction costs were high, arou...

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...r entered the cyclone and spinned down. As a result, the dirt particles were thrown to the side, where the particles were collected in a collective hopped. Clean air went out from the top. In an electronic precipitator, the dirt particles were trapped in hot gases, then “attracted by static electricity”, and lastly removed (Desonie). As science was improving, new technologies were discovered at the same time.

Air technology when new laws obliged factories and plants to meet the requirements of the government. Part of these air technologies included wind, biofuels, and nuclear energy. These technologies were discovered when the laws and legislations were passed. Inventions were created when the government forced factories and plants to use the best technologies available. Air technology was still improving as experiments were conducted on air quality.