Comments (0) The Sietch Blog » Reduce Reuse Recycle (In That Order For A Reason)
Not a bad article. Makes lots of sense. The video is great! They make two different chairs out of cardboard. Worth a look if you’re into recycling at all. And if you’re not then you should be…
Interesting demo. I think I have seen this info somewhere before. Maybe on the compressed air car site? Not sure but the action demo is one I have seen. Would like to see a working model. Neat stuff!
Startup Says It Can Make Ethanol for $1 a Gallon, and Without Corn
I hope they can do it. But the picture on the page just SCREAMS the GhostBusters Theme to me for some reason!
PlexNex: Today’s Lesson: Do Not F**k with the Negroponte Brothers
Interesting slant on OLPC and the Intel mess. It’ll be a hoot if they do manage to drag Gates and micro$loth into it. 😈
Candle Heater or the way he (miss)spells it, KandleHeeter. Cute but really…
Not sure about these inventions. I remember the heat stick from way back when, but it was another one of the neat ideas but just not sure it was worth the time, energy expended, space taken up in the room type devices.
Gonna have to get some flower pots and make one of the Kandleheeters just to see if there is more heat given off by this device than just the candle alone. There are laws about this stuff if I remember my physics right but it may be that some of the radiant energy is converted to heat via the ceramic pots and metal screw, washers, nuts combo. Time and experimentation will tell.
The greenhouse is interesting. Kinda reminds me of one I built back in the early 80’s that was just too small to be of much use but the one I built was a standup inside unit with an isle in the middle whereas his you raise the wall to work with the plants.
Solar Power From Contracting Wires (TreeHugger)
Now that’s really different. A way to use solar energy and transform it into rotational force. Hot stuff!
Schoolgirl’s “Smog Hog” Cuts Air Pollution (TreeHugger)
Good idea. I suspect that the process to reduce the liquid to a solid to burn will require a bit more work to remove some of the more toxic products before it can safely be burned in a house.
The Sietch Blog » This Is But One Small Scene From My Perfect World
A video of moving via bikes. Cool stuff!
Living with Less: First, Hide the Bed (TreeHugger)
I like the bed under the floor, as well as the other storage and swing out areas. Interesting concepts.
TrekEarth | Belizean Kids Photo
This is an interesting bike cart/carrier. And with a bit of conduit, a conduit bender, an old bicycle, 2 front wheels, and an arc welder I think something like this could be built in less than a day. Gonna have to spend some time collecting the bits together to make one. I could use this for moving just about everything under 250 pounds or so that I now have to use a truck for here on the farm and at no cost other than developing my leg muscles. Looks like time to get off my ass and at it…
Located this site via a post at Treehugger.com. They have a lot of info on scythes, from how to use them to how to make your own handles. Guess I’ll pull that blade I had for sale at the yard sale tent, clean it up a bit and make a handle and some mounting hardware for it and start using it. Neat site!
Federal agency rejects enhanced oversight of genetic tests
In a decision that places cost concerns above public health, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has rejected a petition filed by a coalition of health and consumer groups calling for the agency to strengthen standards for genetic testing laboratories. Citing cost concerns, the agency told petitioners in a recent letter that it would not pursue the safety standards.
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Considering the emphasis that the current administration places on money this move doesn’t surprise me. Though it does piss me off a bit more than I already was at their total disregard for the future health and well being of the folks that were stupid enough to put them in power in the first place.
Put a Double Entendre in Your Garden (TreeHugger)
All jokes aside, they put the liquid spout on the wrong side… 😉
Lighter Footstep – Review: EarthLED’s Bright Idea
LED house lights are here and cost is starting to get, if not reasonable, then closer to it. The 3 watt units claims to output the same light as a 40 watt bulb and are under $30.00 us each. At 50,000 hours expected life thats cheap per hour. With the added benefit of not containing mercury like the compact fluorescents if these are on the shelves at the store they are gonna sell! Glad to see these on the market.
Flickr: Photos from Carry Freedom
These good folks have got a pile of bike trailer pix. Lots of good ideas here. Wish there was more information on some of them but better the pix they have than nothing. 😉
Building a Bat House – National Wildlife Federation
And the site that pointed the previous link about bat houses out to me. Good stuff!
Bat House Project: Economy Bat House Plans
Interesting way to build a bat house. Looks simple enough.
IF the above link isn’t working (looks to me like the site is getting an upgrade) and /or for more info take a look at more plans (pdf only it looks like) at http://www.batcon.org/home/index.asp?idPage=47.
Bats are the best non electric, pesticide free flying insect control out there!
New Microbial Fuel Cell Design Boosts Electricity Production
From the article –
The new design developed by the OSU researchers involves sandwiching a cloth layer between the anode and the cathode parts of the microbial fuel cell, a configuration that greatly reduces the internal resistance, resulting in a much higher power density, Liu says.
In lab experiments, Liu’s team successfully generated 1,010 watts per cubic meter of reactor, or enough to power 16 60-watt light bulbs. The highest previous level of sustainable electricity generated from a cubic meter of air cathode microbial fuel cell is less than 115 watts. In experiments done even more recently, Liu and colleagues have generated more than 1,500 watts from the same reactor volume.
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Size to power ratio is not quite there yet for home use anyway but in a large wastewater treatment plant, that’s not near as critical. Wonder what the ratio of gallons per hour of treated water to power generated per cubic meter is? I think that’s the right phrasing of the question… 😉
Electric Bike: iZip Express Cycle Transforms Weak Legs into Armstrongs – Gizmodo
Interesting piece of hardware. Like the specs, but with the parts they mention I suspect the price will be somewhere over a a thousand and possibly closer to two.
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