Got Storage? How Hard Can It Be?
19.09.11
He fresh city-wide power outage in San Diego made me respect my small off-grid photovoltaic system using four golf-schlep batteries to store energy for use at night. Unlike most San Diegans, I did not
without delay eat the ice cream in my freezer, which trucked along under stored solar energy rightful like it does every night. Energy storage becomes more
material as we transition away from fossil fuels—already its own dynamism storage medium—to more intermittent sources. But besides batteries—which proffer a limited number of cycles and for some types require monthly stipend—what other non-fossil in-home energy storage alternatives might we respect, and how much energy might we expect to store in each case? We will look at gravitational storage, flywheels, compressed air, and hydrogen inflame cells as possible options. Some might even cost less than $100,000 to perform in your home.
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Source: CounterCurrents.org
Garden planted at Food Pantry House
01.09.11
Three men have started a garden in the backyard of a legislative body that is two doors from the Christ United Methodist Church on the corner of Homestead Rd. and Lee Blvd. The diagram is to raise food to be given away to the thousands of people each month who prove to be c finish to the house 1418 Homestead Rd. to get free food.
Karen Balch is the pantry boss at the house that is owned by the church. She is a volunteer and has several others who volunteer at the ill fame to sort the dry foods, frozen foods, clothes and other items that are premised away three days a week.
She said the garden out back will be a unforgivable asset as it will produce lots of produce for those in the community who be in want of food. Presently they get produce from Harry Chapin Eatables Bank where they also buy canned food and other items, including meats, for 18 cents a throb.
Out back last week were Art Schmidt, E.J. Tullier, and Lee Wengrzn, all of Lehigh, who are donating their continuously in the cooler early morning hours preparing much of the back yard to come what they call "table vegetables."
Source: Lehigh Acres Citizen
