So this past Wednesday it was nearly 40C (over 100F) in the Alberni Valley. We manged pretty well cconsidering, by staying inside with the blinds down… then going to Sproat lake in the aftrernoon and evening. Since I have a personal weather station, though, and a website for it at alberniweather.ca, I got called by …
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Analysing North American Natural Gas Production
Today on The Oil Drum is an excellent analysis of production from the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin… also know as “The Oil (and Gas) Patch”. This is where 95% of Canadas’ Natural Gas comes from. And where 1/4 of all of North Americas used Natural Gas is extracted. Please, go check it out… but the …
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Affordable trickle Hydro power
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 …