Energy Talk!

Joey asked:


I am doing homework, and my last page in the packet that I have to do is draw a picture or picture(s) with thermal energy conservation ideas. You guys got any good ones? Keep in mind, I’m 14, and not a very good artist. Give me something good.

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One Response to “What are good ideas for thermal energy conservation?”

1. Melissa M. Says:
   December 27th, 2007 at 4:03 am

   I don’t know what you’re conserving thermal energy for–but let’s call it a box (could be a house, chicken coop, you–be imaginative).

   In order to perfectly prevent this box from radiating thermal energy into the environment, we can make our box double-walled with a vacuum separating the walls. This means that the excited molecules inside the box react with the inner wall, but then have nothing to excite and transfer energy to after that because there are no molecules in a vacuum. Perfect insulation.

   In a less perfect world, we can change the vacuum to air, cotton, or other airy fiber–even straw works.