Friday, October 15, 2010
There are fears tens of thousands of native fish may have been killed in the Wakool River in south-western New South Wales.
Wakool River Association president John Lolicato says he has seen dead Murray cod floating in the river and fears around 100 kilometres of the river could be affected.
Fresh water has been diverted down the river but it may be too late to save many of the river's fish.
Friday, September 3, 2010
OzRecycle - Free Stuff from the Australian Recyclers Community
bunch of random thing on recycling
Saturday, July 17, 2010
LED Light Bulbs (light-emitting diodes) have come a long way, now able to replace 75-100 watt incandescent bulbs with equivalent light output and only consuming 3-13 watts, the choice to switch to LED home light bulbs has never been easier.
The most notable advantages of LED light bulbs over conventional light bulbs are Led light bulbs last upwards of 50,000 hours, so if you buy a LED light bulb today and leave it on for 8 hours a day you will not have to change for over 10 years.
They Cost more than a Normal Globe but they last longer and are better for the Environment..
You could replace an old 60Watt Globe with a 7Watt LED Globe.. which means less power consumed.
For example, a 7 watt LED home light bulb (60 watt direct replacement) will cost $2.00 a year to run left on for 8 hours a day vs. an incandescent which will cost $20.00 and you will have to change it 2-3 times every year.
LED lights are available in all your favorite fixtures from bulbs to tube, and from dimmable to spot lights.
Monday, July 12, 2010
SoloPower, Inc. produces low-cost, high-power, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules that offer a viable alternative to electricity produced using traditional fossil fuels. SoloPower’s modules employ its solar cell devices fabricated with copper indium gallium di-selenide (CIGS) materials using a proprietary roll-to-roll electrodeposition process. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley at 5981 Optical Court, San Jose, California 95138. For more information on SoloPower, please visit the company on the Internet at www.solopower.com.
A fresh-water wind farm is taking shape at Lake Erie and when completed will provide 20 megawatts and get on to about one gigawatt power by 2020. Huge individual turbines 300 feet tall, to be built by GE will be erected off Ohio, Cleveland. Better designs: These are special gearless super-efficient turbines, with three 176-foot long blades, which run with the help of a giant ring of magnets. The blades are longer due to strategically placed carbon fibre, and lighter too. Many moving parts like gearbox, coils and starter brushes are eliminated with resultant reduced maintenance. The giant magnetic ring array helps the turbine generate power even at very low speed. Rejuvenating wind energy industry: As land-based turbines are facing a lack of interest and demand, wind energy industry is facing a setback. This new-design turbines to tap ...
Friday, April 23, 2010
--What an be recycled.
-What can be Composted.
-The Start of my Hydrogen Cell Project
-My Wind Energy Project.
-Wood Gasifier Turning wood into fuel.
-Sugar fuel. Turning plants into fuel
-And my views on other Environmental problems
-What can be Composted.
-The Start of my Hydrogen Cell Project
-My Wind Energy Project.
-Wood Gasifier Turning wood into fuel.
-Sugar fuel. Turning plants into fuel
-And my views on other Environmental problems
Monday, April 19, 2010
Energy- A ‘Poopie’ ass-pect
Cow dung can be used to produce a substitute for Fossil Fuels. For an example it is possible to turn 1000 cows ‘Bi-products’ into 2000 litres of fuel everyday.
The dung is sealed into silos and allowed to ferment. As it decomposes it gives of Methane gas, Which I extremely flammable. This fuel can be run in generators.
Running this system could make a large farm self-sufficient in their power.
But the high cost in the fermenters put many people off, when it is extremely simple to make your self or do the right research to find other suitable.
-Thermal Energy-
Taming the Flames Below
Some Countries are trying to tap the heat of the earth, which is call ‘Thermal energy’.
In most parts of the worlds every kilometre you go towards the core of the earth the temperature raises only 25o (45f). This means there going to have to dig very deep holes. On the other hand in some volcanic areas such as Iceland , New Zealand , some parts of Australia and America
With these reservoirs they pump water into them. Cold Water is pumped in one bore whole and hot water comes out the other bore. It is so hot that the water is vaporized into a high pressure steam which is directed out through a Turbine to produce electricity. When the steam passes through the turbine and is finished, it converts back into water.
In places like New-Zealand , California , the Philippines
Sunday, April 18, 2010
The Worlds Power Supply Part-1
Nearly all of the worlds energy come, either directly or in directly, from the sun.
Even the winds are largely driven by the suns heat. And the energy derived from coal and oil was originally collected by plants from sunlight millions of years ago.
The exceptions are Geo-thermal heat and Tidal-power which is governed by the moon.
The Suns total Energy output is equivalent to 3800 million Million Million Mega-watts. (And 1 Mega-Watt is 1 Million Watts)
But the earth intercepts Approx. 1/2,000,000,000th of this energy. About 1.9 Million Million Mega-Watts.
The funny thing is that the entire earths power could be sustained on only 1 percent of that which is about 190,000 Million Mega-watts...
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COMPOSTING-Putting your plants on an Organic diet
When Plants grow they consume the nutrients in the soil. (With-out using Chemicals) One way of putting those nutrients back in is by using Compost.
Compost is what you get when yard and garden debris, kitchen scraps and other organic materials have completely broken down into a rich, dark, crumbly material.
It is commonly know as “black gold,” because it is so rich in nutrients and adds so much value you when add it to your soil.
This can easily be done in the back garden or any other suitable open space.
In the right conditions, bacteria and other microorganisms quickly break down organic material into rich, fertile earth that you can add to your soil to increase its fertility and health.
Breaking down waste requires the right amount of moisture, heat, soil aeration and a proper mix of materials.
It usually takes months for the materials to break down to become compost.
But this time can be drastically lowered by changing some of the steps of the development.
For example there are products that use re-circulatory air pumps that pump the hot air back underneath the compost bins. To make the temperature hotter, this in the long term means quicker cooking time. But on a household scale a simple tumbling bin will do.
Another way is to introduce ‘Worms
After the organisms have done their thing, they generate finished compost, which has lots of minerals and micro-nutrients in an easily accessible form for plants.
Composting is cheap and easy to learn, but there is a little bit of an art to it that comes with practice, like knowing the right combinations of ingredients to make to best compost to suit your needs.
You’ll also find that adding Compost to your soil will make the vegetables and plants thrive because they are getting the right food.
And here’s the good news. We’re going to teach you how to do it on this site, which will reduce your learning curve significantly.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Paper Recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products.
Industrialized paper making has an effect on the environment both upstream (where raw Trees are cut-down and processed) and downstream (Landfill impacts).
Today, 90% of paper pulp is made of wood.
Recycling of Newspapers saves about 1 ton of wood while recycling 1 ton of printing or copier paper saves slightly more than 2 tons of wood.
Energy consumption is reduced by recycling
Recycling 1 ton of newspaper eliminates 3 cubic meters of the landfill space.
Organic materials, including paper, decompose in landfills, But sometimes slowly, releasing Methane, Which contributes to the green-house gases
It is estimated that 95% of business information is still stored on paper.
Recycling 1 ton of paper saves 17 mature trees, 7 thousand US gallons (26 m3) of water, 3 cubic yards (2.3 m3) of landfill space, 2 barrels of oil (84 US gal or 320 l), and 4,100 kilowatt-hours (15 GJ) of electricity — Which is enough energy to power the average American home for six months
115 billion sheets of paper are used annually for personal computers
The average daily web user prints 28 pages daily
The US paper industry has set a goal to recover 55 percent of all the paper used in the US by 2012.
Our Business Recycled Approx. 50 tons Carboard and paper in 2009.. and sent it to be made into more paper
Welcome every body to this page. i know it doesnt look like much 'now',
but ill like to share what i know about Green-tech, Recycling, Composting and the Alternate Energy.
So Buckle up, Put your thinking caps on and maybe you will learn something..
in this blog ill like to touch basis on these subjects...
-Composting- On a large scale and small house hold types...
-AltEnergy- Which will include NaturalGas,Wind Power,Solar Power, Fision...
-Home-made Generators- Which will include how to make a HHO generator, Bendini motor, And a window motor
-Reviews- on products Bio-degradable products,Greentech and much more
-Self-Sufficiency- Vegetables, Animals, Hydroponics, Green-Houses and Much More...
So tune in for that and Much Much more to come... so Follow me And Have a Good-Day
Cya
BTW im Alex
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