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How do I create renewable energy from our personal waste in food garbage and septic?
I want to take my septic gasses and compost gasses and turn them into renewable energy on my property to power up my home. How do I do that?
Are there residential systems designed to do this?
We are getting closer to such equipment but you will have to go to Europe for the technology. The States are 5 years behind when it comes to anaerobic digesters and fermenters.
Small farms are using them now but they haven’t worked all the bugs out yet to make it really efficient. Still you can only create so much energy from such little waste.
How do I pay my Green Mountain Energy bill on line?
I have Green Mountain Energy for my home electricity and cannot find how I can pay my bill on-line.
Thru your bank.. If you have online banking…
When solar energy is available in abundance why we rely on oil and other alternative?
Why can solar energy be not used everywhere? Is it very expensive to tap it?
Solar energy is (or was) very expensive, yes. That is changing. current costs versus long term power production are falling, however. At present, the cost is borderline.
However, solar energy alone is not a complete answer. First of all, for the production of electricity, it has some problems. The main one, of course, is tha tit doesn’t work at night. You either need a storage system (batteries) or an alternative source when it’s dark or cloudy.
There are alternatives which, combined with solar energy, can replace coal. Wind, existing hydroelectric systems, nuclear energy, and tidal power are some of them.
Myy point is, don’t fall into thhe trap of fixating on a single all-encompassing cure-all technology. We need a mix of technologies. That’s true today–we use coal, oil, nuclear, hydroelectric, and other sources–a mix of technologies to provide our energy needs. We need to change themix–eliminating fossil fuels and incorporating new technologies to replace those fossil fuels. There is no simple solution.
Now-as to oil–it is used primarily for transportation. In some ways it is ideal: its easy to store and the fuel stores the energy, whichis released when it’s burned.
There are alternatives. The one I think the most practical is to use electric cars. Current technology makes electric cars with performance and adequate range possible at prices comparable to gas-powered cars (once they are produced in large numbers as gas-powered cars are). That’s acutally a solved problem. What we do not have is a way of producing the electricity to power all those cars (without buring oil or coal, which defeats the purpose) at present. For that–go back to the first part of this post.
But we also do not have a practical infrastructure to deliver that electricity to a fleet of 150 millioncars (in the US). That is not a trivial problem. Think of what it takes to deliver a gallon of gas from an oil well to your car. Here’s the sequence. Oil well to pipeline (hundreds of miles) to refinery to another pipeline to atanker truck to an gas storage tank under a gas station and then a pump to take the gas out o fthe tank and deliver it to your car.
And remember, you need tha tinfrastructure so comprehensive that it blankets an entire CONTINENT.
You will need the samme for electric cars (or any other alternative).
I don’t mean to discourage you–this is doable. We DID do jsut that in the early 20th century to make our current system of gs-driven cars possible. But that took decades–and a hellava lot of engineering and research.
But–as to your question–we wil get solar power on a large scale in the foreseeable future. But we will need a lot more. It’s a complex problem–and a big one.
Would it be possible to line the inside of a pool with solar cells?
I was wondering if you could use solar cells, instead of tile, to floor a pool? Would the water effect this? Would this be a dumb idea?
Thanks to the first two responses! I was wondering though, would the water not magnify the light?
You probably could, but from an efficiency point of view it might be silly to keep your solar panels at the bottom of a 10′ hole, since that will shorten the number of hours per day of sun they get.
You’d probably also have to be careful with the connections, to make sure the water doesn’t get behind the panels and cause a short.
Update: I don’t think the water would magnify the light. I’m saying this only because I scuba dive, and the deeper you go, the darker it gets. Now, putting a curved lens over your solar panel will help. But since the surface of the water is flat, I don’t think it will be beneficial.
Conversion costs of wind and solar energy on an average home.?
I need a little help. Can someone help me to find out the conversion cost on an 2,330 square feet home (average size) using wind energy by itself then solar energy by itself. Anything will help.
google in your area. Why would you want to do this. Your energy costs will double. better bet is to cut back, insulate, and rethink what you need.
How would i go about building a small wind turbine?
Ok, so i need to build a home-made wind turbine that will generate a large voltage over a period of time for a school project. Does anyone have any suggestions on how i should do this?
This page has some links with basic info:
http://www.otherpower.com/toymill.html
Are solar pool heaters more effective mounted on a roof?
I am looking at installing a solar panel heater on my pool. i don’t know if it will heat better on on my porch roof or just to install it over the railing on the deck beside the pool. The roof is only 12′ from the pool so it won’t be a problem to put it there. And what do I need to install on roof, can I build brackets or do I need to purchase something? Thanks
if you are talking about the solar panels as the power source and the actual heating elements being in the pool….. check what the manufacturer recommends…. being on the roof, it is out of the way and not easily accessible to damage and out of sight…. but electronics and conductors do not like heat, so with a black roof and a hot sun may not be good …. solar panels work off the photons from light….not heat… maybe some place cool away from the chance of being damaged, aesthetic (pleasing to the eye) and with the most direct sunlight
I’m trying to find a hydrogen fuel cell chip for an electronics project, where is a good one at?
I recalled seeing a hydrogen fuel cell that was implemented on a chip that you could use for low power applications in an electronics project, but I am having trouble finding it. Where could I find a low-power chip that generates electricity from water to get the hydrogen for sale at?
The technology that you are speaking of does not exist. Currently the smallest setup to turn water into fuel is very large and requires more energy than it can make. The smallest fuel cells are around a pound without fuel.
I suggest you check out this website. It has a list of fuel cells and specifications. What is your project I may be able to give some assistance in alternative energy.
How to increase the I in a solar battery?How to increase the strength of a magnetic field & permeability?
Increasing the collector size will increase the current.
Increasing the current through the field coil will increase the field strength.
On my HHO Generator– How much Sodium hydroxide should I add to a quart of distilled water ?
I have two quart jars now working with baking soda. Pulling about 15 amps. I want to try sodium hydroxide. I plan to start with 1/2 tsp, but, wanted to check. thanks Horace
That depends also on your electrode configuration (how many, how far apart, neutral plates – yes or no?).
If you want an educated answer, you could send us a photo of your generator and we’ll give you an acurate answer. If your generator resembles one of ours, 1 quart of water would take 1/4 tspn of NaOH.
NaOH is much more effective than baking soda and requires only a small fraction of what it takes baking soda to do.
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