August 10th, 2010 | 
Author: A lot of discussions are being held in the field of availability of energy which can be procured from the air ” free” of cost.This can be done by using the appropriate technology. Research and development is on in full swing in this context, to see, whether this energy is really present, where is it available, how much will it cost to exploit the atmosphere in order to get this energy, and how long will it last?
One may think that this ” free energy device” is some sort of gadget that may be used to amass and send out energy from a resource that is not accepted by conventional science, or a gadget that amasses energy without having to pay anything for it.Some may even think it is like the legendary perpetual motion machine which once it starts driving never stops- something that is undoubtedly not possible.
Anyway it is possible to discover new ways and means to exploit different energies ” floating” free of cost from the atmosphere.Constant endeavor in the research and development field have made the impossible become possible,as seen in the discovery of getting energy from an atom done after 1940. In the 20th century, we saw The Wright Brothers made the impossible feat of flying human beings possible.
It is said that ” free” energy is available in large quantities and can be procured from the Zero Point Field. This is a state of matter that is quantum mechanical and for a specific system which is achieved when the system is at bottom most state of existence it can possibly be in. It can also be called the” ground State” of the system.
In the year 1913 Otto Stern and Albert Einstein declared that Zero Point Energy (ZPE) also known as ” residual” energy, could also be used as an alternative form of energy.In quantum mechanics it is also called” vacuum energy” and is said to symbolize the energy of absolutely emptied space. According to one of the main researchers of Hal Puthof this energy field has been compared to the froth which is present at the bottom of a waterfall.
Puthof also says that this ” zero point” energy would still remain as is it is even if the whole universe would be cooled down to absolute zero where all thermal agitation effects could be frozen out.There is a lot of research on quantum physics being done by practicing physicists but the inferences of this is still not known by them.
Me, along with a group of physicists and colleagues have been working in research labs and universities to see if it is possible to excavate or ” mine” this store-house of energy and use it as alternative energy source. We are also looking into to see if this energy field could be the reason behind inertia and gravity.
Knowing this will be of great importance as it will tell us if this energy can be controlled along with inertia and gravity leading to some major engineering solutions.After all these studies some developments have been seen in the subcategory of cavity quantum electrodynamics. This has been seen in relation to controlling of the emission speed of highly activated atoms and molecules, mainly studied in laser research and in other places.
One of the Earth’s great renewable energy sources is actually the energy that can be found in all the waves of the ocean. Let’s look at this further.
If you have ever been to the ocean, you were probably fascinated by the phenomena of the waves crashing against the shorelines as the tides came in. The ocean’s tides are the product of gravitational pull of the sun and the moon, as well as, the Earth’s rotation. It causes the ocean waters to be raised and lowered from time to time. The tides have cycles of twelve and one half hours, twice per day, and are easily predictable.
The use of tidal power is seen as early as the twelfth century where tidal mills used the force of the tides to grind grain and corn. The eighteenth century brought competition from windmills and waterwheels. Tidal mills pretty much became extinct with the invention of cheap steam engines. In 1967, France became the first to be able to put tidal wave power to work on a large scale to produce electricity.
The generation of electricity from tidal waves is similar to that of hydroelectric power generation. Bigger dams, known as barrages, are built on the bottom of a tidal basin. Gates on the barrage allow the tidal basin to fill during incoming high tides. Likewise, the basin will empty through a turbine during the outgoing tide. This would turn an electric generator for the production of electricity. There are also systems that generate electricity from incoming and outgoing tides. This system can have a negative effect on plants and animals in the area.
Tidal fences are also used to generate electricity. Vertical axis turbines are mounted on fences. Passing water is forced through the turbines. Ideal locations for these are channels between two landmasses. Tidal fences are cheaper than tidal barrages and cause less of an environmental impact on large marine life.
Tidal turbines are a new technology used for tidal energy. They are similar to wind turbines and are arranged underwater in rows. They work best in areas with strong tides. Although they are heavier and costlier to build, they also are capable of capturing more energy. They are also the least environmentally damaging of all the tidal power technologies, since they do not interfere with migration paths.
In order for tidal power to work successfully it requires a tide difference of at least sixteen feet. Unfortunately there are only a few places where this occurs. This means tidal power plants cannot just be constructed anywhere. There are only a handful of sites on Earth with this type of tidal range. At present, France is the only country that has been successful in using tidal power. It is hoped developments in technology, through research, will be made to allow better use of this, what is now, wasted energy. The future of tidal energy seems hopeful. Tidal power has great potential and hopefully we can make better use of it in the future in our quest to find a replacement for fossil fuels.
I bought anthracite nut coal from a different supplier this winter and it does not burn well. Low burn times, low heat output, clinkers jam the grates, etc. When I switch back to original coal, the stove runs great, lots of heat and long burn time.
I am wondering about the average cost to put solar panels on the average size home. (I know it takes a 3 to 4kw system, I think)
Would this power the home all the time?
Will there be power left over to sell back to the power company?
Just trying to get a clear understanding of solar panels from people that run their homes with solar?
Nuclear powerplants are very dangerous places and only smart people are allowed to work there. One wrong move and it could be a catrastrophy. So why then do they allow Homer Simpson to work there. He is clearly an incognizant, inept, buffoon of a man. And whats worse, he is the saftey supervisor. How does a nuclear accident like this get a possition that important?
Instead of corn and soybean oil, we can use yard and forest debris. I have been driving through the Oregon highways and found tree debris as well as trees. We can allow cut down the trees and have them (or the Oregon State nonviolent prision population) clean up the debris so that the company can produce biofuel. Grass can be included. Why pay $116 per barrel of oil and increase our food prices because corn and soybean being diverted to make biofuel where we can use plant debris.
Coal and other fuels produce tonnes of co2 every year. Half of all co2 created in the US is from power generation from coal power plants.
By replacing these coal plants with nuclear, green house gases could be reduced a whopping 50% because nuclear power creates no green house gases and very little waste.
Would you be in favor of building more nuclear power plants to replace coal plants, or are you scared of modern technology?
STRATTON, Maine – A national environmental group says three of its members who blocked the entrance to a western Maine wind power construction site have been arrested.
Maine Earth First spokeswoman Emily Posner says one woman who was arrested attached herself to a truck hauling a windmill blade. The two others arrested were among about 50 people who blocked the road to TransCanada’s Kibby Mountain construction site Tuesday morning.
TransCanada spokeswoman LeAnne LeBlanc says work continues at the site.
TransCanada is building 22 wind turbines on mountains near where it where it’s already built 22 turbines that are producing power. Maine Earth First says projects like TransCanada’s destroy mountaintops and don’t offset fossil fuel use.
BUENOS AIRES (AFP) –
Marcelo Iriarte has the measured voice, confident stride, even the suit and tie, of a lawyer, but every day he dons the fluorescent yellow garb of a street sweeper.
” I had a double life. I left one world to enter another,” explained 41-year-old Iriarte, whose astonishing story bridges the massive gulf between Argentina's urban elite and poor.
” I had to learn another way of speaking, and when to be quiet so as not to offend,” the suave law school graduate with a deep tan told AFP.
Iriarte is something of a media sensation in Buenos Aires after his charming story was dug up and splashed about on the front pages of the newspapers and on the television screens.
In a country of immigrants and widespread poverty, the tale of the ” street sweeper turned lawyer” has great resonance.
The son of a poor Argentinian family, Iriarte began working on the streets at the age of eight, selling newspapers, sweets, brooms and other knick-knacks on buses.
He recalled bitterly how one day, after failing to sell a single broom on the buses, he decided to go door-to-door to every business on the street. ” They bought them out of pity,” he said.
Iriarte became a bus driver about 10 years later and it was thanks to that job and a chance encounter that he ended up resuming his studies.
” In that building worked a girl who changed my life,” he said, pointing to the ruined factory where Laura, a mystery passenger he regards as his fairy godmother, sprung from. ” I never saw her again,” he added.
Following Laura's advice, Iriarte re-enrolled back in high school at the age of 35 and swept streets during the day to fund his legal studies.
Rising every day at 4 am to make it to a 7 am class, he wouldn't get home before midnight due to gruelling night courses.
” Mine was an ant's progress and I lost a bunch of things along the way,” Iriarte confessed, without elaborating on what he had lost.
As he spoke, a woman selling coffee from a cart yelled out: ” Look how good you look! ” We are proud of you!”
Beatriz Rolon, 54, the coffee-seller, offered Iriarte a cup of coffee, as she had when he did his homework seated next to her little cart. ” You deserve it after so many sacrifices,” she said.
After graduating in December, job offers piled in from a host of law firms, but Iriarte is worried that legal companies may not offer the same long-term security as Cliba, the Buenos Aires cleaning company where he still works.
And anyway, Iriarte explained, material wealth does not interest him, except as a means to improve himself. ” Before, I was mute. Studying gives you freedom to think,” he said.
Returning to the imposing university from which he graduated several months ago, he sprinted up the stairs and pointed to a wall where he saw his name inscribed for the first time.
” You were in the newspapers, I saw you on TV. You're famous!,” exclaimed his bearded, blue-jeaned law professor, Adrian Carta.
” He never needed our help,” said his classmate Elizabeth Villanueva, 39. ” To the contrary, we needed his.”
Iriarte's boss back at Cliba, Miguel Noell, said he hoped the street sweeper would take advantage of the opportunity to have a legal career.
” All of a sudden a whole new panorama opens up and it is scary. But we don't want to see him over here any more,” Noell said.
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TEHRAN (AFP) –
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Tuesday that Tehran could resume talks from September 1 with world powers over its atomic programme if its conditions were met.
Iran's state news agency IRNA said that Jalili in a letter to European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said that Tehran needs three questions answered by world powers before it can consider resuming talks.
On June 28, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared a two-month freeze on talks with world powers over Iran's controversial nuclear programme, saying it was a ” penalty” after the UN levied fresh sanctions on Tehran.
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