Category: Alternative Energy
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Measuring Electrical Loads
Just got myself a P4460 Kill-A-Watt EZ Energy Meter that measures electrical loads from a standard 120 VAC wall outlet. This is a nice device that can help home owners…
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Shipping Containers as Farms? (Updated)
After reading an article on Treehugger, I just learned about a Kickstarter Project that is attempting to modify recycled shipping containers with the tools to grow fruits and vegetables in…
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Wind Power in West Texas
In West Texas, wind is the new oil, but this time around it is cleaner, renewable, and distributed, meaning that it generates revenue and opportunity for the communities in which…
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The Photosynthetic Ceiling
The concept of a “photosynthetic ceiling” was first introduced in Jared Diamond’s book Collapse. Though Diamond certainly did not pioneer the idea, as far as I can tell he was…
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Pyrolysis
Continuing on the idea of agricultural wastes, we move to pyrolysis, a term used to describe the conversion of biomass (and non-biological waste products, as well) into constituent elements by…
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The Energy Gap
For the past couple of years I’ve been following closely the words and ideas of Peak Oil guru Matthew Simmons. Simmons is a conservative energy analyst who, after taking a…
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Just Kidding…
The Bush administration has declared that this week is “energy week”, as the President and his cabinet travel the country to tout the programs that will, in the President’s words…
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Addicted to Energy
Last night the President admitted: “America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world.” The President went on to say that “the best way…
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The Warming Source
Think the CO2 coming out of your car’s tailpipe is the primary source of global climate change? Think again. While the sickly obese Hummer has become the poster child for…
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The Fat Man’s Cure
Projections of future renewable energy use are dismal. Yes, total renewable use will increase in the next 20 years, but so will total energy consumption. So we’ll see more use…
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