An inventor in the UK has come up with a device that is:(The Herald) the first off-the-shelf water wheel system which can generate a good supply of electricity from a waterfall as little as 20cm in height. That good supply? About 1 to 2KW … or 24-28KWh per day. Now my household uses around 42KWh …
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Long Term effects of Storms and Bad Forest Practices
Long time no blog again, mainly due to work, and, oddly, The Weather!. The last few weeks have been wild out here on the West Coast. We’ve had winds reaching 175kph, Category 2 Hurricane Force. We’ve also had torrentional rain, and a good dump of snow. All of which has made the ground fragile and …
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A little taste of Iraq
From the CBC “We are getting some reports of customers getting aggressive with our crews because they want their power restored,” Moreno said. “Please be patient with us, we need our space to work and to work safely. We understand that you’re frustrated right now. But we are trying the best we can to get …