Battery Basics
Dynamos and Alternators Do Different Currents
Dynamos and alternators produce different currents, namely direct and alternating electricity. In other words D…
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George Cove’s Thermo-Electric Device
If George Cove had achieved his dream, then solar might have displaced fossil energy by…
Climate Change
Last Gas Bridge in California, Perhaps
Ben Bradford was looking for a new angle when he wandered into Long Beach’s $800…
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New Horizons Radioisotope Generator
If a battery is a store of energy then plutonium dioxide could be the ultimate…
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Voyager 2 Thermonuclear Generator Triumph
The Voyager 2 space probe left Cape Canaveral on August 20, 1977 before many of…
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Battery Disaster Planning & Emergency Tips
Hurricane Florence is likely to strike the east coast of the U.S. on Thursday. We…
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Is it Time to Buy Batteries on Bruny Island Yet?
Bruny Island is off the southeast coast of Tasmania, Australia. Its 140-square miles house a…
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Norwegian Sailing Ship Charts New Waters
The Norwegian three-masted sailing ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl launched in 1914 and still sails the seven…
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Electrostatic Generators: Birth of Battery Science
It’s hard to believe there were no power stations once, in early days of electricity…
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Flying Wind Turbines High Up In the Sky
There is sufficient wind energy, in theory to power our planet. That is, if the…