Comments on: TOP 5 Weirdest Ways to Power Your Home http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:13:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: jeruskaell http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-101077 jeruskaell Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:52:41 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-101077 hello! hope to learn more stuff, specially to info tech and related courses... hello!

hope to learn more stuff, specially to info tech and related courses…

]]> By: SillyMinion http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-89350 SillyMinion Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:03:23 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-89350 Some really neat ideas, problem is that none of them (save for poo) are even close to being ready to meet any kind of solution. So if there is a solution that will be able to work in the next few years I am all for it. If not, drill. Some really neat ideas, problem is that none of them (save for poo) are even close to being ready to meet any kind of solution. So if there is a solution that will be able to work in the next few years I am all for it. If not, drill.

]]> By: vplakhi http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-86311 vplakhi Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:52:46 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-86311 >> When we humans walk, dance, work out, run, move, we create energy. Not to be too much of stickler, but that\'s just wrong. The first law of thermodynamics is the conservation of energy; ie. energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy I only mention it because this is incredibly pertinent when you\'re talking about different means of \"producing\" energy. You have to remember that it\'s always a tradeoff; you\'re always going to use up some existing energy source, whether it\'s a fuel or a natural source like wind/water/solar. The thing to look for is how effective this conversion is, how expensive this \'fuel\' is. The best ideas here are using energy that would be wasted otherwise. >> When we humans walk, dance, work out, run, move, we create energy.

Not to be too much of stickler, but that\’s just wrong. The first law of thermodynamics is the conservation of energy; ie. energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_of_energy

I only mention it because this is incredibly pertinent when you\’re talking about different means of \”producing\” energy. You have to remember that it\’s always a tradeoff; you\’re always going to use up some existing energy source, whether it\’s a fuel or a natural source like wind/water/solar. The thing to look for is how effective this conversion is, how expensive this \’fuel\’ is. The best ideas here are using energy that would be wasted otherwise.

]]> By: Lois Brennan And crew http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-58999 Lois Brennan And crew Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:44:11 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-58999 Loving the cool facts because we need them for a school project so we put them in and got top marks fank yooooooooooo Lois, Annina,Lucy,Sophie and Abi xxx Loving the cool facts because we need them for a school project so we put them in and got top marks fank yooooooooooo

Lois, Annina,Lucy,Sophie and Abi
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]]> By: jordan heys http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-53858 jordan heys Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:31:50 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-53858 my name jordan and i would like to use your DJ picture for my project please reply asap my name jordan and i would like to use your DJ picture for my project please reply asap

]]> By: Cat Laine http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-49745 Cat Laine Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:46:18 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-49745 Sillies, poo power isn't weird. A large section of humanity use dung for fuel already. Plus is it really any weirder that burning the remains of prehistoric zooplankton and algae that have been preserved under high pressure and anoxic conditions in very hard to reach places? Poo, at least, is far easier to come by. :) Sillies, poo power isn’t weird. A large section of humanity use dung for fuel already. Plus is it really any weirder that burning the remains of prehistoric zooplankton and algae that have been preserved under high pressure and anoxic conditions in very hard to reach places? Poo, at least, is far easier to come by. :)

]]> By: Myles M. http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-49374 Myles M. Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:48:23 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-49374 One place where they do harness methane from feces in the US is at the Heifer International Ranch in central Arkansas. I think they extract it from pig feces and use it to cook their food. It's a very cool place. check it out. http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.201557/ One place where they do harness methane from feces in the US is at the Heifer International Ranch in central Arkansas. I think they extract it from pig feces and use it to cook their food. It’s a very cool place. check it out.
http://www.heifer.org/site/c.edJRKQNiFiG/b.201557/

]]> By: scott http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-49345 scott Fri, 20 Jul 2007 21:49:36 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-49345 Oil is anachronistic. Divest!!!!! Oil is anachronistic.

Divest!!!!!

]]> By: Chris http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-49219 Chris Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:02:25 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-49219 Farmers in Denmark use cow poo to produce electricity to use on their farm. Farmers in Denmark use cow poo to produce electricity to use on their farm.

]]> By: William http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-49211 William Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:29:44 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-49211 exxonmobil has many great technologies stored that they are not using. anti-trust lawsuits? exxonmobil has many great technologies stored that they are not using. anti-trust lawsuits?

]]> By: Chris Granger http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-49204 Chris Granger Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:12:32 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-49204 It seems to me there's already a prison in Rwanda (?) that is using human feces in a biofuel power system, to run lights and such... It seems to me there’s already a prison in Rwanda (?) that is using human feces in a biofuel power system, to run lights and such…

]]> By: from_mr_hanky http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-49202 from_mr_hanky Tue, 17 Jul 2007 23:58:09 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-49202 Mr. Hanky would be mighty proud! (southpark for all the clueless) Mr. Hanky would be mighty proud!
(southpark for all the clueless)

]]> By: tadpole http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-49198 tadpole Tue, 17 Jul 2007 22:18:37 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-49198 I certainly would like to know more about the power of Poo... I certainly would like to know more about the power of Poo…

]]> By: HPV http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-49192 HPV Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:31:45 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-49192 True. What ever is the most efficient with less cost in conversion will be the winner. My guess is the <a href="http://rectalwart.com" rel="nofollow">POO</a>. I've always been a fan of methane usage. True. What ever is the most efficient with less cost in conversion will be the winner. My guess is the POO. I’ve always been a fan of methane usage.

]]> By: D http://inhabitat.com/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/comment-page-1/#comment-49020 D Mon, 16 Jul 2007 17:09:12 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/07/16/top-5-weirdest-ways-to-power-your-home/#comment-49020 The real answer is efficiency The real answer is efficiency

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