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Solar Energy Pros and Cons
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by Bryan Wong
Solar energy can be used for electricity, central heating, hot water, cooking, for producing salt and even for desalination. Solar energy comes from the sun’s rays. Solar energy is very environmentally friendly. However, when the [...]
Biofuels as Alternative Sources of Energy
Biofuels are produced by converting organic matter into fuel for powering our society. These biofuels are an alternative energy source to the fossil fuels that we currently depend upon. The biofuels umbrella includes under its aegis ethanol and derivatives of plants such as sugar cane, as well as vegetable and corn oils. However, not all [...]
How Does Solar Power Work?
Author: Paul Crossley
Unlike solar thermal systems, photovoltaic (PV) systems convert sun directly into electricity. Contrary to solar thermal water heating systems, photovoltaic doesn’t use the sun’s heat to produce electricity. Rather, electrons released by the interaction of sun with semiconductor materials in Photovoltaic cells are captured in an electric current.
Photovoltaic allows you to produce [...]
Eat Organic Without Going Broke
“In December 2000, the National Organic Standards Board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) established a national standard for the term “organic.” Organic food, defined by how it cannot be made rather than how it can be made, must be produced without the use of sewer-sludge fertilizers, most synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, genetic engineering [...]
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