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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Old Time Port Alberni
I just came across an incredible little video thanks to a post on a local web forum. It shows some very very early images (starting late 1800s) of Port Alberni, showing schooners, horse-drawn mail coaches, horse logging, the first steam train in Port Alberni, and many images of buildings and hotels that are still in …