Technology
Cooling a Building With an Alternative Approach
This past semester at school I had to write a report for one of my classes. The topic of the paper was to discuss an energy saving device that has potential for use by the masses. Since this was on the topic of what is talked about on this website, I decided I would share [...]
GM’s Chevy Volt- Plug in Electric Car
Imagine driving a car that that uses an ordinary household outlet to charge it. This idea might sound different from what we usually think of as a power source that moves our vehicles; gasoline and diesel, but it is slowly catching on. One such electric powered vehicle that is being developed is the Chevy Volt.
The [...]
CFL Bulbs- The Low Energy, Power Saving Lightbulbs
Did you know that an ordinary Compact Fluorescent Lightbulb (CFL) priced at less than $2 dollars has the power to change the world? Most of us have seen the ‘energy saver’ ice cream cone spiral in hardware stores and other stores such as Walmart. Many of us may have dismissed CFL’s as just another marketing gimmick; but [...]
