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Air Cars: Fuel For Free (Well Almost)

Jules Verne would be right at home with today’s emerging car technology. Although compressed air technology was used in pneumatic locomotives and trams in the late 1800s, widespread commercial use in cars was partially blocked by pressure from the oil industry by the 1930s. This is of course should not come as a surprise to [...]

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How can I make water flow through a solar panel in a laboratory experiment?

Hi, if I were to do a laboratory experiment on how to find the energy conversion rate for a solar panel (an array of pipes), how can I make cold water (from a beaker at one end) flow through the panel? Then make hot water on the other end? Please advise, many thanks!! addthis_url = [...]

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Why aren’t we using residential solar reflectors with thermal storage?

These are well-established concepts, but I’m amazed that people are not doing this combination more often. One square meter of sunlight is equivalent to about one horsepower. Reflectors can be used to heat a moving tube of water. Heat storage can be in an insulated underground tank of water without energy conversion losses. Water can [...]

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