Topic: green
Beach House designed by Nathan Good Architect generates own electricity
Beach House designed by Nathan Good Architect generates own electricity actually it generates more electricity than it can use. This energy sufficient home, Cannon Beach Residence is situated at Oregon Beach. Not only does it have magnificent views it is engineered that it uses less energy than what it can generate. To me that is awesome, when I was a little girl I wanted to become an Architect and my goal was to designs home that would be good for the earth. I was just really bad at maths, so seeing designs like this is awesome.
The house has 12 inch thick concrete walls and 5kWh rooftop photovoltaic system. The house was constructed using a lot of recycled materials made to last for generations. There are Solar thermal tubes to provide hot water with a ground source heat pump that works like an air conditioner heating or cooling the air. Even the shape of the house was chosen for energy conservation in mind.
Wall-E type cleaning robot in Italy
This little thing is pretty cool. It's called an Dustbot odd name for such a cute looking robot. It can walk around on its own sensor rubbish load it in and when it is full take it to a 'base' for disposal.
It's actually a very complicated piece of machinery and expensive too. The research program of $3.9 million is now in the prototype stage hopefully it will become a reality for a increasing dirty cities. The oval shaped robot can do more than gather dirt it can recycle waste sort it in organic,recycled or just plain waste. The Dustbot aslo has sensors who measure atmospheric pollutants like sulfur oxide,benzene, ozone and nitrogen oxide.
Pretty cool if you ask me there is just one problem it is illegal for robots to move around without human supervision. I never even knew there was such an law making the robot rather obsolete for public use seeing as you can just as well employ a person for the job.
Clock powered with dirt designed by Dutch designer Marieke Staps
This little clock runs purely on the soil in two plot plants.
Dutch designer Marieke Staps showcased her bio-clock at the Dutch Design Week in 2008 and more recently at Dwell on Design's Kitchen Ecology show 2009. The clock functions with copper and zinc electrodes plugged into soil.
See the key too the whole clock is that the natural metabolism of the biological life (the plant) produces enough electricity to keep the clock working. The soil works as the electrolyte or conductive medium which through the electric charge can flow. So that means as long the plant is watered enough and stays alive the clock will work.
I wonder if this could work on large scale? For instance on a apple farm there are many trees and they are watered regularly and kept in good condition. What if larger scale of this little experiment is put into practice? How much would be able to be powered per tree?
If two little plants generate enough to power a clock, how much would a whole garden generate?
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Al Quaeda blames Barack Obama for Israel-Gaza conflict
January 7, 2009 by Daizy
Seeing that the conflict goes back to 1960 I cannot fathom why they can blame him. Apparently they believe it's Obama's present to Israel. Huh?! Ok how can a war that was started by Hamas even remotely be blamed on Obama or America.The way the Muslims continue to think that the world revolves around hating them, is seriously clouding their judgment. Hamas continual rocket fire into Israel started this current battle, not Obama. Then they people argue put Hamas has the right to be angry because they live in a segregated community. Now flashback to when the border was made and the Israeli's was forcefully removed from their homes to give it to the Palestinians, all the Arab countries agreed upon the boundaries. Actually everyone was happy to force Israel into giving Gaza to the Palestinians. What a mistake. The Israeli's created and oasis where there was desert. They built all the hospitals and schools they had flourishing greenhouses. Where is all those things? Destroyed by Hamas for some inexplicable reason. Their hate so much stronger than their common sense. I saw on tv how the Israeli settlers cried over they're homes and farms as they where being forced from their homes. Back then it was green and beautiful now it's becoming desert again.
Green houses before Palestinians took over Gaza
They burned them all 14$million worth greenhouses destroyed for arms smuggling tunnels.
Really cool, Stormhoek blogging thing
October 27, 2008 by evl
As you all might know i love blogging "things" and Stormhoek is presenting a really great blogging "thing". I am really surprised to see a wine company take advantage of the internet in such a interesting way. TheyDumb bitch flatterns monument in the middle of the night
October 27, 2008 by evl
I have removed my article because of all the swear words, i dont swear but this woman makes it hard not to swear. Really, who needs comedy when we have idiots like this living in our country.
To think that there are people like this dumb bitch on the roads, and even mayors?
Here is what the Sunday Times wrote about it
Small-town Afrikaners take mayor to court over bulldozing of plaque
Afrikaners from a small town in Mpumalanga have resumed the court fight with their mayor over the bulldozing of a Great Trek monument, which landed on a rubbish dump.
The Standerton Action Committee was in the Pretoria High Court this week again to demand that mayor Queen Radebe-Khumalo restore the commemorative plaque that was broken in 27 pieces after being ripped out of the road the Voortrekkers are believed to have travelled on on their journey north.
In court papers, residents claim that Radebe-Khumalo had no permission from the council to remove the plaque from its position in front of the town hall, but instructed the driver of a front-end loader to rip it up in the middle of the night when no one was watching.
But in responding documents, Radebe-Khumalo, who residents accuse of behaving
Why another ANC party might be good for the country
October 1, 2008 by evl
If there would to be another party and the ANC would split, it would mean the ANC would actually have to do something. Would'nt that be great? If they actually had to take their fingers out of their asses instead of just promising green grass if they win?
By the way most of the voters by now have seen the ANC does not do its job, but I guess they'll fall for the promises again next year in the 2009 General elections. The thing is if the ANC splits the other parties stands a bigger chance of winning and we stand a bigger chance of getting the country back to a place where there actually was service and all the tax was not spent on people living for free, just for the ANC to get their votes and not give what they promise in the first place.
If there would to come another party and the ANC would be broken in two I would actually stop looking for great places to emigrate to. If the ANC wins the 2009 general election we might even see worse things we saw under Mbeki's governance. I think he took a vow of silence and just let the country die slowly through crime. Guess that was his plan all along. At least we have something to celebrate now that he's out of office and back on the street where he so much belongs.
Amazing skies in Grabouw
September 13, 2008 by evl
Grabouw has so much photography potential. We often go to Grabouw just to take photos. One of the most beautiful and green places in the Cape with plenty of farms and interesting roads that lead to brilliant views