Posted by admin | Posted in Green Energy | Posted on 08-02-2011
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Bringing the electric car to the world
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Thames & Kosmos Alternative Energy and Environmental Science Stirling Engine $27.20 Discover the Stirling engine, a simple, clean and efficient energy technology that is quickly becoming a viable source of electricity as the availability of fossil fuels declines. The Stirling engine in this kit uses renewable energy from the sun to drive a generator, which charges a rechargeable battery to power an electric car. Named after its inventor, Robert Stirling, the original Stirling eng… |
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Wind Power, Revised Edition: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business $25.71 Wind energy today is a booming worldwide industry. The technology has truly come of age, with better, more reliable machinery and a greater understanding of how and where wind power makes sense — from the independent homestead to a grid-connected utility-wide perspective. Heightened concerns about our environment mean that this resurgence of interest in wind — a natural and widespread power sour… |
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Power Hungry: The Myths of Green Energy and the Real Fuels of the Future $9.27 The promise of “green jobs” and a “clean energy future” has roused the masses. But as Robert Bryce makes clear in this provocative book, that vision needs a major re-vision. We cannot—and will not—quit using carbon-based fuels at any time in the near future for a simple reason: they provide the horsepower that we crave. The hard reality is that oil, coal, and natural gas ar… |
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Homegrown energy: having rejected electricity privatization, 6,000 families in the south of Brazil now generate all their own renewable energy–and … An article from: New Internationalist $9.95 This digital document is an article from New Internationalist, published by New Internationalist Magazine on January 1, 2009. The length of the article is 1323 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Homegrown energy: havin… |