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95How much money does it cost to go Off-Grid and to live on the Land?
How much Money does it take to Go Off Grid? There are 10 things that you need to consider when going off grid and living on the land. water land shelter food communication power...
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84Types Of Turbines
A turbine is defined as a device which draws energy from a fluid moving at a high speed and converts that energy into work. The purpose of turbines is basically to produce electricity and to propel various machinery and objects via the mechanical...
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78The Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater Texas
Between the years 1994-2007, I lived in Abilene Texas and it was an interesting experience. Abilene is not a big town, but its not as small as it used to be either. The population is about 100,000 now and...
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74Horizontal Wind Turbines
The horizontal fan is placed in a chimney design similar to the cooling towers that one sees in some industrial area. The idea is to create a continuous updraft wind to drive the fan connected to a generator. This is a detail of the horizontal fan...
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86Mysteries of Discovered Ancient Technology
We take for granted that our technological prowess is unequaled in the sum of history. But this view is wrong. There is an increasing body of discoveries of ancient technology that not only rivals what we do, but in some cases, suppresses it.
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85How To Build A Battery Bank Box On The Cheap
It's one thing to "go green" with a bank of twelve volt batteries powered by a wind turbine but quite another to figure out how to do that without breaking the bank at the same time. My wife and I moved onto our remote desert acreage in April and...
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78Build Your Own Homemade Electricity Generator - Do it yourself and Save!
Let's just say for the sake of discussion, you decide to investigate the feasibility of installing your own home energy power source. There are many different factors to consider regarding making your own...
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72Understanding the basics behind a marine turbocharger
Turbochargers are used basically to improve the efficiency of an engine and it is type of supercharging. The marine turbochargers generally allow large mass of air to be introduced into the engine. The turbocharger is very much required in any...
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77Jet Engine Questions and Answers | Turbofan | Turbojet | Engine Exhaust Temperature
These questions and answers are helpful for mechanical engineering students seeking jet engine engineering jobs. Question 1: Will turbofans still make more thrust today if modern turbojets with similar metallurgy were available? Answer: Yes....
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84The Sayano-Shushenskaya dam hydro-electric power station accident
The Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power dam after the disaster - the destructed part of the turbine house is visible (ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images) The construction of the power plant includes an...
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