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Open Designs For Alternative Power Sources?
aristoidaneel asks: "I'm currently working on several ideas for alternate power supplies (solar, fuel cell, wind, etc.) and I was noticing the daunting cost for simple information ($300 for the Handbook of Hybrid Power Design) not to mention the cost of materials. I would like to begin collecting and posting information under an open license of some sort for alternate energy sources, including new technologies and research as well as tried-and-true methods. I would like to see what others think of this idea."
Home power is a mag at almost every barnes and noble book store.. its like $7.50... but it does have a -lot- of info in it. The magazine is completely about alternative power/fuel sources, with regular articles on commercial and DIY fuel cell/photovotalic/hydro/wind/etc power sources. I think it'll costs like $50 or something for a cdrom with all their back issues.
http://www.homepower.com/
This is a great mag - nice to see others out there know of it...
If there ever was an easily-renewable thing, it's microbes. It seems to me there was a mention relatively recently on Slashdot about "Gastrobots", as a small-scale example.
The idea of turning septic tanks into generators appeals to me. This sort of thing might also someday make an adjunct to methane-burning power plants in landfills.
Personally, I'd love to find a way to make the medium that the microbes grow in safe to drink - imagine, brew your own beer AND generate your own power at the same time! (This fuel cell runs on yeast...)
Some other random links:here
and here
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