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Facts of the Week

Animal Power

Power of Athletes
The Calorie

Batteries

Batteries
Watch batteries
Batteries vs. Capacitors
Energy storage, various
How are batteries charged?

Biomass

Trees & Firewood
Ethanol
Whale Oil
Split Wood not Atoms?
Trees 
Ethanol from corn
  Wood in US history
  Emissions

Coal

Coal Consumption
Electricity from coal
Coal in the US

Education

Pathetic knowledge
Pathetic Science in Science magazine
Pathetic Science at the EPA
Confusion at the New York Times
  Global Warming Logic

Efficiency & Conservation

Efficiency in history
R-value of the atmosphere
Automobile Oxygen Sensor

Gas, natural

Methane hydrate

Geothermal Energy

Geothermal electricity
  CO2 emissions

Governmental agencies at work

Pathetic Science at the EPA

EPA loves zeroes
Dead Fish! Call the EPA!

Gravity

Melting ice

Heating/cooling

Degree-days

Hydrogen

  Hydrogen-powered cars
H2 is not a source of energy

Hydropower

Calculating hydropower
Pumped-hydro
Hydro & Solar 
Hydropower vs. Nuclear 

Louts

  Lout_1
  Lout_2
  Lout_3
  Lout_4

  Lout_5.htm

  Lout_6

Machines Automobile power
Flywheels

Nuclear

Support for nuclear power
Uranium in the oceans
Nuclear Power in US 
Comparison with firewood
Nuclear waste
Nuclear Accidents
WIPP
Millstone Unit 2 Restart
Millstone restart (more) 
Nukes around the world
Accident at Tokaimura
Nuclear Competitor for OPEC?
Pro-nuclear petition

Petroleum

Gasoline
Unknown Source

Physics Definitions

Power
The Candela
The eV & the MeV
Electricity
The BTU
  The Calorie
Radiation units

Physics, Misc.

  Orbital energy

Political Leaders

Heads of DOE
The Al Gore Award
Clinton tries to understand energy
Norwegian PM rules out all options

Pollution etc.

Nuclear waste
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Western Fuels Sues Environmentalist Organizations
A nuke kills some fish ... but not the way you'd think

Solar

Solar Panels
Fire at Solar Plant
Solar concentrators 
Renewable Energy
Hydro & Solar
Solar Energy is expensive even in Arizona
Improvement in Photovoltaics
  Air Emissions at SEGS

Sunlight

Solar Force on Earth

Wind

Hurricanes
Windmills in Vermont
Windmills kill birds
Wind Power in Ontario
Windmills as gyroscopes
Grandpa's Knob
Hidden Subsidy: VAR support
  Wind company goes broke
Windmills & Power Density
Is there a windmill in your future?
The power output of a commercial small windmill
Capacity Factor
Big Wind Turbines
Availability Factor

USA: Energy

Population & Energy
Coal Consumption
per-capita consumption
US Electricity 
US electricity (more)
US Waterbeds 
US Electricity patterns
  Electricity from non-utilities
Growth in electrical demand
Power in US computers
Sources of US Energy

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