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Pick up trucks: Gate down or up for the best fuel efficiency?

October 26, 2007
by free electron
1 min read

It would be logical to think that gas mileage would be better for the old pick up truck with the gate down because it would be a more streamlined shape. No air would get caught behind the gate. But that is not the case. I have it on the authority...

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  • Energy efficiency

Compact Fluorescents vs Incandescents: The debate still goes on

October 17, 2007
by free electron
2 min read
7 Comments

I read the following letter in the economist labeled “Bright Green,” in which Theo Paradise-Hirst the head of lighting design for Max Fordham Consulting Engineers in London states that using CFL will just cause people to increase their...

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  • alternative energy
  • wind energy

A new way to generate electricity

October 12, 2007
by free electron
1 min read
1 Comment

Sure, right after I write a short entry to be the end all of conciseness on energy generation, I see this video. Micro wind to energy. Nothing spins. It just vibrates up and down. And it is cheap at the micro level. I wonder how well this would...

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  • alternative energy
  • Energy efficiency
  • miscellaneous

Simple Energy Generation Techniques

October 9, 2007
by free electron
1 min read

A lot of the time, we look at the nitty gritty details of one technology or another in alternative energy. I have wondered what are all the ways we can use to generate power. The list is remarkably small. 1. Spin a generator. 2. Have sunlight hit...

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  • fuels
  • Oil

Guyana Oil Fields Could Have Caused War

October 7, 2007
by free electron
2 min read
1 Comment

As reported in their analysis, CorpWatch had grave concerns in 2005 about increasing violence between Guyana and Suriname. These are small neighboring South American countries at the northeast end of the continent. And offshore there could be 15...

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