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How Electrolysis Works – Simple Description

February 24, 2010in Electrolysis H2O by adminTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Electrolysis is actually a very simple process involving water, electricity and often an electrolyte (like salt, creating salt water).   A search on renergy cafe of electrolysis will produce many articles and videos of electrolysis is process.  But for our purposes we will be using a very simple model and picture to describe this process.
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How Solar Cells Work – Simple Description

February 22, 2010in Solar Energy by adminTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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The sun beats on the earth with enough energy each hour to supply the energy needs of the entire world for a year.  The question is how would any of this energy be captured?? The answer is solar cells.  Solar cells sound very complicated, especially when you refer to them my their technical name, Photovoltaic [...]

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Tale of Two Houses

May 8, 2009in Political by adminTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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House  #1
A 20 room  mansion (not including 8  bathrooms)  heated by natural gas. Add on a pool (and a pool house) and a separate  guest house, all heated by gas. In one month this residence consumes  more energy than the average American household does in a year. The  average bill for electricity and natural gas [...]

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U.S. Geothermal Potential

February 1, 2009in Featured, geothermal by adminTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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The western side of the United States is located along a section of what is called the “Ring of Fire,” a line of seismic and geothermal activity.  This region in particular is capable of generating a substantial amount of the United States power that is currently being powered by coal.  According to the Geothermal Education [...]

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Grid-Neutral with Solar Power?

January 30, 2009in Solar Energy by adminTags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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I receive many calls for people who want to generate all of their electricity with solar power. They are usually shocked when I tell them what it will cost. Perhaps I can explain why …
 
Let us start with electricity. You buy electricity from the power company.The power company charges you a “delivery” charge and “usage” [...]

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Perpetual Motion Generator

May 22, 2008in Free Energy by adminTags: , , , , , , ,
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The two Australian inventors here are John Christie and Ludwig Brits. They finished the construction of this device years ago and currently are looking for financing to assist in mass production and distribution. This is one of a couple known perpetual motion generators, evidently there is a united states company with a prototype similar to [...]

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