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Kind of tarnishes the image of the “motorcycle cop” but every little step counts. Of course, if they’re just plugging it into a wall that leads to a coal plant, then it’s just offsetting the pollution. There are enough solar and wind projects starting up in that area to avoid this offset.
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Just in time for Christmas!
Solar-powered 102 LED Light Strand, 40ft, White
Decorate your home or lawn with a string of bright LEDs.They charge during the day using a solar panel and then shine all night long. A light sensititve switch turns the LEDs on only when it’s dark, so you never have to worry about turning […]
Sounds like gyms should get in on the act, and hook their exercise equipment up to power something else.
Bicycle Design: A bicycle-powered welder
Mike and the group made an inertia friction welder powered by a bicycle. You can check out their entry video right here. The video shows the pedal powered machine in action as it […]
Impractical, but cool nonetheless.
Computerworld - MIT students power supercomputer with bicycles
They powered a SiCortex SC648 supercomputer with a Linux cluster of 648 CPUs and almost 1TB of main memory in a single cabinet. The system is low-powered and draws 1,200 watts without needing special power supplies or cooling.
One of the problems is that you can never turn it off!
Heading To A Club Near You: New Material Provides Constant Light For 12 Years Without a Power Source
Fortunately, the gas is involves a “soft” emission of electrons that cannot penetrate the glass or polymer wall of the microspheres. So theoretically, you don’t […]
Sounds like a compelling reason to stop using that fertilizer.
Corn boom may expand ‘dead zone’ - Environment- msnbc.com
The nation’s corn crop is fertilized with millions of pounds of nitrogen-based fertilizer. And when that nitrogen runs off fields in Corn Belt states, it makes its way to the Mississippi River and eventually pours into the Gulf, […]
It’s really misleading to call them “zero energy”, when you do need energy to use them. I think off-grid is a much better term.
CapeGazette.com - Covering Delaware’s Cape Region - Zero Energy Homes
He said new homes could easily be constructed to be eight times tighter than standards set by the nation’s Energy Star program. […]
How will this affect the grid?
NASA - Is a New Solar Cycle Beginning?
Many forecasters believe Solar Cycle 24 will be big and intense. Peaking in 2011 or 2012, the cycle to come could have significant impacts on telecommunications, air traffic, power grids and GPS systems. (And don’t forget the Northern Lights!) In this age of […]
An old oil heat furnace isn’t very green unless it’s burning biodiesel. And then it’s green off the grid.
NOTJUST FOR CARS: BIOFUEL HEATS HOMES: The Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore.
Automatic Heat serves about 2,000 customers with oil furnaces, “and about 85 percent are using biodiesel — it’s pretty much clipping right along,” Schilling said. “We offer […]
If you’re looking to help on an organic farm on a volunteer basis, here’s a good place to start.
What Is WWOOF?
WWOOF-USA facilitates volunteering on an organic farms. The program is available to anyone more than 18 years of age - urbanites, professionals, students, families, farmers, gardeners, or people who have never touched soil in […]
