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Bloom Box: The Alternative Energy that Terrifies Obama

Bloom Box: The Alternative Energy that Terrifies Obama

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Power Monitor See PDF on github page. 1. What the system will do? The primary function of this system is to monitor power consumption in a home, business, or appliance/equipment. The device works on anything that uses AC power, and can monitor certain aspects of the function of a device or many devices simultaneously. This system, with the proper setup, is also capable of detecting ground faults and soil moisture levels.

A Homemade Wood Gasifier To Keep You With Power After The Grid Fails After the April 27, 2011 outbreak of tornadoes in the state of Alabama, half a million TVA customers were without electric power for up to FIVE days. I have lived in the region for most of my life, and this was by far the longest period of time without power that I've ever experienced. We squeaked by with a 350 watt inverter hooked up to my car battery and a propane grill to cook on. Ever since that experience, I have studied ways to prepare for another disaster, natural or man-made.

What is the Clean Power Plan? A Climate Game Changer Power plants account for nearly 40 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions. That's more than every car, truck, and plane in the U.S. combined. On August 3, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized new rules, or standards, that will reduce carbon emissions from power plants for the first time. Previously, power plants were allowed to dump unlimited amounts of carbon pollution into the atmosphere — no rules were in effect that limited their emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global warming. These standards, known as the Clean Power Plan, have been developed under the Clean Air Act, an act of Congress that requires the EPA to take steps to reduce air pollution that harms the public's health. These historic standards represent the most significant opportunity in years to help curb the growing consequences of climate change.

WiFi Enabled Arduino - Interfacing with web APIs This tiny module is the ESP8266. It provides a lot more functionality than just WiFi; it is a full SoC capable of executing code. For the purpose of this Instructable we will be using it purely for its WiFi capabilities though. The ESP8266 uses a 3.3V power supply. Some people have supposedly run it on 5V, but don't risk it. Q&A: EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Power Plants Q&A: EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Power Plants Download this fact sheet (PDF) On August 3, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopted Carbon Pollution Standards for Existing Power Plants, known as the Clean Power Plan. Adopted pursuant to EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Power Plan establishes unique emission rate goals and mass equivalents for each state.

FLUID - The Learning Water Meter by FLUID Risks and challenges We fully understand that every hardware project has risks and challenges. We have mitigated risk by following a structured process to test the components of FLUID. We have put countless hours into sourcing and prototyping and will continue to focus on the enclosure (trying to combine multiple parts into one) and the software (making FLUID easier to use, smarter, and a better learner).

Center for Climate and Energy Solutions The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final rules in August 2015 to limit carbon pollution from existing and new power plants. Electric power generation accounts for 40 percent of U.S. carbon emissions, making it the largest source. Using Arduino, Raspberry Pi and Android to monitor your home Hey all, Just thought I’d write an update to my post “Internet connected computer controlling a dumb fan. Inefficiencies of the modern gas forced-air furnace“. It’s been a while and I’ve been busy. In that post I made the comment “Ideally, there would be a wireless temp sensor in each room, and an independent, discrete, heat source in every room that could adjust to the constant needs of the household.”.

Clean Power Plan - Wikipedia United States energy plan from President Obama The Clean Power Plan was an Obama administration policy aimed at combating anthropogenic climate change (global warming) that was first proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in June 2014.[1] The final version of the plan was unveiled by President Obama on August 3, 2015.[2] The 460-page rule (RIN 2060–AR33) titled "Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units" was published in the Federal Register on October 23, 2015.[3] The Obama administration designed the plan to lower the carbon dioxide emitted by power generators.[4] The plan was widely expected to be eliminated under President Donald Trump,[5][6][7] who signed an executive order on March 28, 2017 mandating the EPA to review the plan. On June 1, 2017, the United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement.[8][9][10] Aims[edit]

Disaster Preparedness: Communications bundle For those unfamiliar with the phrase: it comes from poem written in 17-something-er-other by some dude (Robert Burns). The last bit of the aforementioned stanza goes, "oft do go awry." Regardless of what you have or what you don't, having a plan in place with which to contact loved ones and gather information is an important constituent of having a solid kit.

Ocean Current Energy The relatively constant flow of ocean currents carries large amounts of water across the earth’s oceans. Technologies are being developed so that energy that can be extracted from ocean currents and converted to usable power. Ocean waters are constantly on the move. Ocean currents flow in complex patterns affected by wind, water salinity, temperature, topography of the ocean floor, and the earth's rotation. Most ocean currents are driven by wind and solar heating of surface waters near the equator, while some currents result from density and salinity variations of the water column.

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