Economics Of Alternative Energy Consumption
This article is part of a series on The Waterfall House energy experiment.
At the beginning of a this experiment, an economist said, “Using water will be cheaper than using electricity to control our environment.” A scientist said, “It can not be done.” So, the economist set-up the scientific experiment in an attempt to prove the [...]
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Cooling System Formulas
This article is part of a series on The Waterfall House energy experiment.
The Waterfall House had been up and running for several months.
After having two record days of heat in a row, I was asked:
Q: HOW IS YOUR COOLING SYSTEM WORKING NOW!!!???
A: Great! The details follow. In a nutshell — Yeeha! Unfriggin’ believable!!!
60 [...]
About Waterfall Homes and Aqua Living
This article is part of a series on The Waterfall House energy experiment.
Using steam, solar and hydro to help reduce your energy consumption has many benefits. Two of the most obvious benefits are saving money and reducing your “footprint”.
Following are more ideas:
I. What Living In A Waterfall Does
1. cools the house evaporatively (roof [...]
The Hydro Fusion Heating and Cooling System
Introduction
Yes. For many years, I have imagined different types of living environments, such as “Tunnel Under.” Tunnel Under living has to do with living underground. It would be a last resort to escape from environmental threats. As a child, I did imagine these events would occur in my life time. Sorry [...]
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Holy Cow! (The Poop On Poop)
An Overview of Eating Meat
Once I was talking to some farmers, and they made a joke about how many bushels of corn a person eats in a day. At first, I did not understand. I thought to myself, “Maybe I eat an ear of corn a day on average.” So, I prodded them further about [...]
Eastern Ribbon Snake
The Eastern Ribbon Snake’s preferred habitat is wetlands. They are quite often found along streams and ponds. Frogs and other amphibians are their primary sources of food. The Ribbon snake is an adept swimmer and will pursue it’s prey which it eats live. The Ribbon snake rarely bites humans and will attempt to escape any [...]
Invasion Of The Cuckoo Wasp
“Take the Hogweed which related to the true story in the press at the time about how the plant - Giant Hogweed - imported from Russia in Victorian times had become rampant thru the British countryside.”
– Paul (on Peter Gabriel & Genesis)
Well, I’ve mentioned several such concerns in the [...]
Invasive Species, Growing Seasons, Life Cycles and Global Warming
Introduction
Climate change changes the climate. What effects does the change in climate have upon life? Plants, animals and insects are impacted in a variety of ways. As the globe warms, growing seasons my be extended further north in the northern hemisphere and further south in the southern hemisphere. This allows some plants to migrate and [...]
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