By John on December 12, 2009
Biofuels. What a great name! It just sounds green. Looking around I see a proliferation of Biodiesel bumper stickers everywhere I look. In my home state of Oregon all filling stations will be required to add at least 10 % ethanol to all gasoline by next year. Environmentalists are cheering as politicians and the media [...]
Posted in Biofuels | Tagged 2008, biofuel, Change, Climate, electric cars, electric vehicles, Energy, energy efficiency, Great, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, Hoax, hydrogen fuel, Policy, solar energy, tidal energy
By John on December 9, 2009
Solar power energy systems are not inexpensive. That said it’s important to compare them within context of other types of home improvement projects. Home buyers and realtors view a solar photovoltaic or solar hot water heating system as a significant value-added improvement – similar to adding a deck or remodeling your kitchen. Plus unlike a [...]
Posted in Solar | Tagged photovoltaic, photovoltaic cells, renewable energy, solar collector, solar energy, solar energy system, solar power, solar power energy, solar power systems
By John on November 27, 2009
Did You Know? Home Wind Power Kits Can Help You Save Money and Preserve Your Natural Environment
Defining wind power and wind power kits
How is wind, a variety of solar energy, generated? The answer may be attributed to several ecology-related reasons. Different parts of the earth have differences in air temperatures. This is because, the uneven [...]
Posted in Wind | Tagged energy sources, energy wind energy, fossil fuel energy, Home, home wind power, kinetic energy, Kits, Power, solar energy, Them, Wind, WORK
By John on July 8, 2009
Just imagine your neighborhood mason fitting your roof tiles and these same tiles producing dependable solar energy for your house or office – you no longer need to hire scientists and alternative energy nerds for a simple roof job, and the cost is no longer a bottleneck. A technology catches on when it is easier [...]
Posted in Solar | Tagged alternative energy, Bresslergroup, solar energy, solar panels, solar power, SRS Energy
By John on June 20, 2009
Offering a view of the garden and an adjacent field, it looks like any other window. But this window offers an additional feature: it also produces electricity. The facades of the house, too, harness solar energy to supply the occupants with electrical power. This is what the domestic power supply of the future could look [...]
Posted in Solar | Tagged electrical power, indium tin oxide, solar cells, solar energy, transparent coatings, transparent electronics, transparent materials
By John on June 18, 2009
In the Greek legend of Dionysius’ ear, Dionysius made a cave shaped like an ellipse in order to hear the words whispered by a prisoner in one of the foci of the cave. Some science museums today feature a similar exhibit, where two people at opposite ends of a room can whisper into giant ellipses [...]
Posted in Solar | Tagged alternative energy, heating water, parabolic, physicists, power generation, roberto de luca, solar energy, solar radiation
By John on June 9, 2009
Solar electricity has a bright future: It is renewable and available in unlimited quantities, and it does not produce any gases detrimental to the climate. Its only drawback right now is the price: the electric power currently being produced by solar cells in northern Europe must be subsidised if it is to compete against the [...]
Posted in Solar | Tagged alternative energy, renewable energy source, solar cells, solar energy, solar energy system, solar technology
By John on March 9, 2009
Without a good way to store electricity on a large scale, solar power is useless at night. One promising storage option is a new kind of battery made with all-liquid active materials. Prototypes suggest that these liquid batteries will cost less than a third as much as today’s best batteries and could last significantly longer.
The [...]
Posted in Fuel Cells/Batteries | Tagged batteries, electrical currents, energy storage, magnesium electrode, sodium sulfide, solar energy, solar power, storage battery, storage option
By John on February 26, 2009
We are using fossil fuels as the primary source of energy to run our Industrial Civilization. But we are paying a heavy price for using fossil fuels in the form of environmental damages. Now, we know that fossil fuels and natural gases are not going to last forever. This will lead us into big problems. [...]
Posted in Solar | Tagged asphalt highways, energy crisis, natural gases, slide, solar cell efficiency, solar energy, video
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