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...
Category - Energy efficiency
The UK government this week said that one-tenth of the UK’s electricity will come from power plants that recycle waste heat within the next three years, wrote the Financial Times. Combined heat and power, commonly referred to as CHP, captures...
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...
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...
You can’t accuse the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) of not having a sense of humor. The organization, based in Geneva, Switzerland, a country that is often keen to dispel its supposedly bland image, has released a piece of...
