Solar power works well for most items, except large electric appliances that use an electric heat element such as a water heater, clothes dryer and electric stove, for example, or total electric home heating systems. It is not cost effective to use solar power for these items.

Conversion to natural gas, propane or other alternatives is usually recommended. Solar power can be used to operate a gas clothes dryer (Maytag, etc) because the electrical requirement is limited to the drum-motor and/o...
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Many researchers believe that harnessing the power of the atom, in fission reactions, is the most significant alternative energy resource that we have, mostly for the immense power that it can generate.

Nuclear power plants are very “clean-burning” and their efficiency is rather staggering. Nuclear power is generated at 80% efficiency, meaning that the energy produced by the fission reactions is almost equal to the energy put into producing the fission reactions, in the first place.

There...
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Have you seen how people are using magnets to create free electricity? Well, they are!
 
Learning how to make free electricity, by using magnets, has been a challenge to many scientists. It is part of the quest to produce a perpetual motion generator. Many trials have been performed, but very few have resulted in a realistic magnetic motor design, that can generate electricity to power a house.
 
To build a magnet motor, you must understand the power of magnetic fields around the magnets. The att...
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Believe it or not, you can actually make a homemade fuel additive, that will help your vehicle emit less toxic emissions. 

This, however, is a complex process, that shouldn’t really be taken lightly.  When you are messing around with products like hydrogen and methane, you need some training and some know-how.

There are plenty of fuel additives available on the open market, available for purchase, but there are still some people who think that they can make homemade fuel additives, to help i...
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While you can save a lot of money by installing solar energy in your home, the first place to start saving, is by cutting down on how much energy you actually use.

This is because solar energy installations can be rather expensive. If you can cut back on your basic power usage, then you can cover all your energy needs by instaling a smaller system. This will make your solar return on investment much greater.

So what are the quickest ways to use less power at home? A few simple steps can reduce...
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The Innovation Fund is willing to throw money at creative-thinking South Africans. From renewable energy to commercially useful end products, your inventions and adaptations could be the cash cow you’ve dreamed of finding.

When we first examined exactly how forward-thinking South African entrepreneurs might benefit from the Department of Science and Technologies’ initiative, the Innovation Fund , earlier this year, we were overwhelmed by the vast funding, development and support network w...
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I found this article recently and thought it was very interesting, particularly with the shortage of power in ther country and the ridiculous tariff increases proposed by ESKOM.

Even though South Africa is known for it's sunshine and warmth, a lack of good government policy has caused solar energy to be left behind locally. So says Solar World Congress chairman Jon Adams.

The upcoming International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Solar World Congress, in Johannesburg, will see the unveiling of a l...
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Many vehicles run on diesel fuels these days, but with the growing trend toward environmentally safer fuels for vehicles, do diesel vehicle owners have any other alternative fuels? 

The answer is a resounding Yes they do!  It’s called bio-diesel and it’s making a big impact in the fuel industry.

Bio-diesel is a cleaner burning, alternative fuel, produced from domestic, renewable resources. Bio-diesel contains no petroleum, but it can be blended at any level with petroleum diesel, to create...
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The United States is one of the foremost countries in the use of fossil fuels.  Fossil fuels are those that are formed in the ground, naturally, over a period of millions of years. They are usually formed from dead plants and animals. 

Oils, natural gases, and coal are the most common fossil fuels and all around the world, we depend on them use a lot of them, but slowly the reserves are being depleted and the costs of extraction are soaring!

Fossil fuel usage by humans is the largest single so...
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