Enviro-Shelter Experiment Summer 2013 (WK-18)
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-14-06 Earth Continuum 7 257
Okay the concept here is simple and is all encompassing when imagined as the big picture. A futuristic transportation system could look like this. Every car has this special very thick bumper installed that surrounds the whole car, maybe a foot thick such as bumper cars at a amusement park. These space age bumpers are at the same height and will bounce off any other car without accident. If they should contact another automobile or the side of the highway which is lined with the side rail bumpers as well. This system when perfected would render automobile insurance obsolete saving lives and billions in unnecessary expense. The cars of course would operate off solar energy.. etc, that is transferred from the roadway to the carriage, itself thus also rendering gasoline stations obsolete.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-15-06 Earth Continuum 7 256
How to Save America in 10 easy steps.
1) Set up 12 model solar age communities around America to teach people how to live self-sufficient lifestyles using alternative and renewable energy resources and put them on the networks as reality TV shows.
2) Take all the unhealthy foods and drugs off the market that are making people sick and obese including cigarettes.
3) Encourage start up companies that are making alternative energy sound technologies a reality. Fast pace Solar energy onto every American home, business, and shop. Establish localized Solar grid networks.
4) Close down all Oil refineries and combustion engine factories immediately.
5) Allow people to have a fresh start by allowing the government to file bankruptcy thus setting, the so called 15 trillion dollar national debt to zero.
6) Encourage all out community gardening and farming networks.
7) Move all the heavy freight back onto the railroads and re-establish the tracks to every town and city, thus freeing up the automotive highways to allow free access to Solar electric smart photovoltaic roadways
8) Set up millions of home schooling and home college networks to teach the trades and technologies required for the new silicon based societies.
9) Put government back on the side of the people by sending them, ( politicians) all home to set examples for the people by giving them all time off to become self-sufficient themselves.
10) Put all the un-employed back to work immediately implementing all the above.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-16-06 Earth Continuum 7 255
Quality time on the lake
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-17-06 Earth Continuum 7 254
Today we are working on the feed shed, repairing the roof and installing feed storage bins. Also we are testing a new mulch gathering and distribution mechanism.
A conversation from later in the week about waste in general ;
Sol- I've always said, " America could coast for 90 years just on the waste, if everything switched off tomorrow.
Sci- Europe, China and Japan all have better recycling systems. It is a shame to bury all the stuff that goes into landfills. Most of it all can be recycled.
Kay- China is already using bio-waste for fuel for some years.
Sci- WAMSR offers potential in solving the nuclear waste problem that is waiting on the Government.
Sol- The best way to solve " nuclear waste" is not produce the darn stuff in the first place. Every electrical device in homes that is presently powered by nuclear could be powered by rooftop Solar, or other alternative energy sources. Americans are just not ready to make that commitment much less that challenge. Don't spout price! As a society we will never pay off nuclear much less the cost of waste. Energy isn't the problem it is what people are doing with the energy that is the problem. Nuclear energy basically has expanded the cities to the point of no return at the expense of natural lands, and natural eco systems... Humans if faced with a world without " Nuclear" would just find another way. Another way maybe a bit more hospitable to the Earth, in a more resilient fashion.
Sci- The waste is already there waiting on the Government to say what to do with it. It is store in open casks or ponds now. Something needs to be done with it. We might as well make energy with it and generate industrial and medical isotopes that are needed now.
Sol- Yay, in a way landfills are storage units for energy, metals, plastics and materials to be used at a future time, almost like time capsules. Mining the landfill wastelands is already becoming big business. Of course it would of been wiser not to even throw the darn stuff away in the first place.. Efficiency hasn't always been America's best charm.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-18-06 Earth Continuum 7 253
Featured article,
Wireless Energy & Power Conversion
© 2012 Utah State University Research Foundation
Electric vehicles have the potential to more efficiently meet the nation’s transportation needs. They do so without relying on fossil fuels because they utilize the electric grid, a collection of diversified and controllable energy resources.
The way we currently use electricity to power electric vehicles is based upon the concept that the vehicle must be wired, and thereby tethered, to its source of power. Recent technological advancements in wireless power transfer have made it possible to break this constraint.
What Is Wireless Power Transfer?
Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) is a method of delivering power to a device over an air gap—no physical contact is required.
How Does WPT Work?
A primary resonant power converter applies grid power resources to a wireless transmitter via a track. One or more secondary pickups are magnetically coupled to the track, and tuned for resonance at the track frequency. A switch mode controller and rectifier are used to regulate the output power.
Why use WPT?
•Reliability—No moving parts or cords
•Weatherproof—Unaffected by snow and rain
•Convenience—No more hassling with plugging in and charging
•Aesthetics—Eliminates wires
•Safe—No chance of electrocution
•Versatility
•Unaffected by dirt and chemicals
• Maintenance free
What are the Applications?
•Materials handling (Clean rooms)
•Manufacturing
•Biomedical implants (Artificial hearts)
•Consumer electronics (Cell phone charging pads)
•Electric vehicles
•Choose your own adventure
How Are We Advancing WPT?
A short time ago, a small but visionary team of researchers from EDL set out to apply modern advances in engineering and Tesla’s principles of induction to solve vexing problems in wireless power transfer, particularly in relation to electric vehicle (EV) charging. The result of their research was the development of a robust prototype system, which is capable of highly efficient power transfer. This system, known as High Capacity Wireless Power Transfer (HCWPT), is capable of transferring five kilowatts of power from a power supply to a receiving device up to 10.5 inches away.
Energy Dynamics Lab
Each day I feel we humans of this Earth are edging towards a major event that will change each and every living breathing person of our species in a very profound way. What I am speaking of has nothing to do with religion, science or technology, but instead the very nature within the very consciousness of our very Earth herself. ITS ALIVE! A Thinking ! Breathing Organism, She Knows.....
The Earth has basically used the ingenuity of the collective human brain to build for itself a external nervous system, for lack of a better word we humans still call it the World Wide Web in all its various forms. The Grid as a metrics is evolving, and will leave most so called , " Utilities " standing in the dirt. But hey, what is wrong with DIRT?
" These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Nature made the earth and the heavens, And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for Nature had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. And Nature formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. And Nature planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there Nature put the man whom Nature had formed. And out of the ground made Nature to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil "
Misinterpretation, out of context translations, leads to religion. Religion leads to empty rituals that repeat over and over again. Empty rituals leads to chaos, and chaos leads to the end of civilization.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-19-06 Earth Continuum 7 252
Today we are back experimenting with the wind. The hybrid system just wasn't detailing that much about the wind so we have isolated the wind charger again to investigate what is going on. We have noticed that here the winds come almost every afternoon for several hours, but the wind machine treats these winds as under the radar due to lower wind speed, and therefore isn't storing the energy. After attaching a volt meter directly to the output side of the rectifier the voltage is osculating between 4 and 10 volts DC during these times. Well that just isn't enough voltage to charge 12 volt batteries, so we are thinking the solution is to take a tip from some old wind pioneers and use a 6 volt battery bank instead. The voltage would be ample enough to top off a 6 volt battery bank every afternoon during the low speed hours. Now we are having to design a 6 volt charge controller system for during storms or high wind speed occasions the batteries would over charge causing damage to the batteries. The industry offers plenty of charge controller devices for wind chargers at voltages over 12 volts but we are not finding good solutions for 6 volt systems, so we put the question to the audience, and here are the suggestions and comments.
Mas - " Regulation of the voltage is all you need. If you had regulated the output of the lower wind supply, to say 6V DC, then you could step it up to 12V easily enough with a DC-DC converter. If you are keeping the system at 6V, then a 6V regulator will take care of the higher outputs during storms. I'm not sure of the power requirements you are dealing with, but an LM7806 will output 1A - you'll need to look at a different solution if you are high power, but regulation is your answer."
Sol - " No immediate power requirements, just an experiment. Once we are successful and the system is stable we will add some loads. The DC converter idea might work but I have seen the voltage go very high during storms and high winds to over 19 volts. The 6 volt system has become rare as for electronics except in children's electric vehicle riding toys these days. Do you have any actual product recommendations as for 6 volt regulators or converters? "
Mas- " You could build one yourself. The basis for DC-DC step up converters is to make an AC from your lower voltage, step it up with a transformer then rectify the output back to DC. They can be a little pricey to buy, but cheap enough to build. "
Sol- Quoted from a study --- " In Domestic Wind Machines, if the wind speed is low, the output voltage is not sufficient to charge the battery as it is lower than the rated charging voltage of the battery. This limits the overall efficiency of the Wind Machine to 20%. This study proposed to design and develop a type of " Buck Boost Controller " for the effective utilization of the wind machine. By implementing a controller based Buck Boost converter, the voltage produced at the lower wind speeds can also be utilized effectively by boosting it to the rated charging voltage of the battery. Also if the wind speed is high the DC output voltage will increase to more than the required voltage. The converter bucks this high voltage to the nominal battery charging voltage , thereby protecting the battery from over charging voltage. Thus the effective utilization of the wind machine has been achieved by the use of the proposed so called " Buck Boost Controller "
http://www.maxwellsci.com/print/rjaset/v6-825-834.pdf
This study is a good read on the subject yet covers a lot of good points.
If this allows more energy from lower wind speeds with our existing wind machine then Great!~ I know there are a lot of low wind speed turbines out there but hey, lets try this upgrade first.. Total investment so far is around 50 bucks...
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-20-06 Earth Continuum 7 251
The times are changing and people are becoming more acutely aware of their surroundings. Maybe with all the new weather technology people feel more plugged into the ecological systems.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-21-06 Earth Continuum 7 250
Today is the Summer Solstice. This day is one very important day with a shift of things cosmic in nature, that causes very recognizable effects on a global scale. The event says something about how a very subtle change with the relationship of Our Earth with the incoming rays of the Sun, alters climate very quickly, very dramatically.
Today is the Summer Solstice. This day is one very important day with a shift of things cosmic in nature, that causes very recognizable effects on a global scale. The event says something about how a very subtle change with the relationship of Our Earth with the incoming rays of the Sun, alters climate very quickly, very dramatically.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-22-06 Earth Continuum 7 249
You know we Humans take a lot things for granted about our Earth. Earthlike planets as we are finding out are very rare out there among the Stars. Yes, we know all about Drake's famous equation, but I for one am not buying it, and after all what does it matter if the Universe is teeming with life, when it is what one particular species does on one particular planet that matters. So we must imagine as if we are it. We are the only planet in the whole Universe where life has evolved. Ok, more, how sacred is that? What an awesome responsibility. Well it would be a darn shame if this planet is truly the only place where life has evolved like this, and can one species blew it for all the rest? From that perspective, we have to do all we can to preserve this planet with all of it's pristine nature intact, not just for the future generations of human beings, not just for all the future generations of all the other species that, home here to, but as a testament to the Universe as we all cry out, " We Are Here ! "
You know we Humans take a lot things for granted about our Earth. Earthlike planets as we are finding out are very rare out there among the Stars. Yes, we know all about Drake's famous equation, but I for one am not buying it, and after all what does it matter if the Universe is teeming with life, when it is what one particular species does on one particular planet that matters. So we must imagine as if we are it. We are the only planet in the whole Universe where life has evolved. Ok, more, how sacred is that? What an awesome responsibility. Well it would be a darn shame if this planet is truly the only place where life has evolved like this, and can one species blew it for all the rest? From that perspective, we have to do all we can to preserve this planet with all of it's pristine nature intact, not just for the future generations of human beings, not just for all the future generations of all the other species that, home here to, but as a testament to the Universe as we all cry out, " We Are Here ! "
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-23-06 Earth Continuum 7 248
Sitting here on the space platform watching the Earth traveling time under the Super Moon. Old, cold traveling thru the darkness of space spacing 2045 C. E. says the calendar on the wall yet carrying us back, way on back yonder when we'd ponder lots more than now in this altered time. Then the crescent moon showing back Earth shine reminds us of you all out there on this giant rock Ancients named Earth.
Time set free, set forward thru the path to here and now. Soon the altered time will split, leaving most on the wrong wave riding thru the universal path between the stars into the black hole OIL of negative dreams formed illusions.
Meanwhile sitting outside of time viewing it all from the vantage Bortex point, time machine, were we are located in alternate America of course except its America 2045 C. E. hindsight. This place isn't far down the ole earth time continuum path. Just for a moment think of all the changes that occurred during the past fifteen years. Now remembering technology layering effects the transformation of this planet is accelerated to speed terraformation quantum leap to advanced solar electric vehicles inside every home carport. Super recharging stations are located at most service stations plus roadside parks, or magnetic asphalt that delivers a constant charge as you drive.
The average electric vehicle recharges in about 10 minutes adding another 900 miles of driving pleasure.
Every home has a attached solar greenhouse, and solar power roofs, for year round home made electricity and produce, the healthy Organic Solar way. Every person here is much happier than at the present 2013 since the petrol-chemical burden is lifted from their faces. We see mag-lev transit systems between every major city, running on solar energy beamed in from space platforms orbiting geo-sinz bathed in 24 hour sunshine. The hydro-electric dams are still operating on the major waterways maintaining lakes where solar-powered electric boats are trolling the fisher along at will. We see Mothers staying home more with children if she chooses, for the self-sufficient eco-system permits a freer lifestyle for all. Everyone recycles what little waste there is since landfills stopped growing altogether. Men have more time to spend with there families and the Back Porches across the nation is still the most favorite meeting place of all.
Gosh! The time machine is losing power we must return to 2013 now time to wonder then ponder how to get there from here. Well there's one thing for sure, Earth will take us all there riding on the wings of sunlight forever and forever.
Today, back organizing and getting ready for more up coming projects. The gardens are producing plenty of stuff to eat now, in fact will begin putting food up. This year we will do some canning, some freezing, and some dehydration, but it would be great to have a root cellar. It might be hard to add in the root cellar/storm shelter habitat project this year with all this other stuff going on. I have started the drawings on the underground habitat, and also dealing with some technically issues, but still am very excited about the prospects
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-25-06 Earth Continuum 7 246
Today we got people in so called important offices including the President of the United States talking about global warming, but still very few are doing anything about it. Why is that? Well very few people on this planet in the so called, " Industrialized Countries " are willing to silently go out onto this Earth and stop this lifestyle that is causing these problems including the President that will be soaking up tons of energy in the forms of fossil fuels just to deliver his speech.
The President said in his speech that he wants to solarize a bunch of government buildings, and give away billions of dollars in grant money to giant solar farms, both will be useless in a few years, so why not just go ahead to put the solar on family homes, communities and farms where people actually live? If the price of solar keeps coming down people ( Our Children ) will be able to afford their own solar systems soon enough anyhow without government intervention. The President was sure dancing around the fact that the government is one of the largest polluters in America.
We need a President that is willing to simply camp out in some national park and chat with the people via a solar powered black berry for 8 years if it takes that long to get the message out.
People moved millions of tons of concrete, steel and asphalt into the deserts of western America, and named it like ," Phoenix City " then started burning fossil fuels in automobiles and now they are wondering why it is getting so very HOT out there ! Its a Desert!~ Now they have pumped out all the water from the ancient aquifers ! Get ready for another mass Exodus.
Today we started harvesting the broccoli, and beings this is the first off the plants we cooked up some here today and it is simply delicious. The rest of the broccoli, after a light boiling in sea salt water then chilling it down with some ice, then into the freezer for later.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-26-06 Earth Continuum 7 245
Today we started harvesting the broccoli, and beings this is the first off the plants we cooked up some here today and it is simply delicious. The rest of the broccoli, after a light boiling in sea salt water then chilling it down with some ice, then into the freezer for later.
Sol-Era Log Entry 2013-26-06 Earth Continuum 7 245
Lal - Inquires - Sol , for all countries, the government is the biggest polluter.
But... wha da ya mean "both will be useless in a few years" ?
But... wha da ya mean "both will be useless in a few years" ?
Sol - Reponds - All the big government buildings will be so outdated and obsolete that people will abandoned them all, and solar cell systems technology will advance a thousand fold to where every man, woman and child on Earth can afford life time solar energy systems, that will follow them where ever they go under the Sun.
Corruption, greed and deceit are all negative human traits, and are basically allowed within the human societies, but with just a little bit of foresight these negative traits could be eliminated from human culture entirely. At the end of the day it is all about choices, and how we humans decide to live, as healthy communities, or a gambling casino type culture where the house always wins because the cards are already stacked against the working common people, that want just to enjoy the fruits of their labors, without over taxation, risky deductions, a chemically contaminated food supply, and deadly energy systems that are sucking the life's blood from the very planet we plan out our very lives on.
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