Archive | May, 2009

Energy Story: What Is Electricity?

Posted on 31 May 2009

The post is about electricity, its introduction, usage, and details of its working.

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Spying on environment agency Greenpeace by senior staff members of EDF, a state-owned energy company

Posted on 24 May 2009

Senior staff members at EDF, which is the world’s largest operator of nuclear reactors, have been charged with engaging in industrial espionage against Greenpeace France.

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How Air Conditioners Work: Introduction

Posted on 21 May 2009

Air conditioners make hot weather cold for us inside. this series of articles deal with different kinds of air conditioners and might help you buy a good one

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Gas Prices(Part 6): Oil Production at Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Posted on 20 May 2009

In 1960 the Arctic National Wildlife Range was established. The purpose of its establishment is to protect the “unique wildlife, wilderness and recreational values” of the area.It is being thought that this region could be a possible oil-development site, but it is said by the environmental groups that any oil production in this region would deeply upset the natural ecosystem within the ANWR.

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Gas Prices(Part 5): US Domestic Oil Supplies

Posted on 19 May 2009

After having a look at the oil imports of the United States, you might be surprised to know that the United States is the world’s third largest producer of crude oil.Though it is the fact that the United States is producing so much oil but then also it is still heavily dependent on foreign sources for its oil supplies.

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Gas Prices (part 4): Role of OPEC in Determining Gas Prices Around the World

Posted on 18 May 2009

The world’s oil supplies are effected by the single largest entity, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which is a consortium formed by 13 countries. OPEC keeps the record of the oil production of these nations and then adjusts its own production accordingly to maintain its desired barrel price.

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Gas Prices(Part3): Prices Across USA

Posted on 17 May 2009

The requirements of clean-burning in each of these areas are unique with respect to that individual area, and there are only a few refineries that can produce the specialized products which are needed.Crude oil inventories have the most biggest effect on gas prices, and the United States depends mostly on foreign oil supplies.

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Energy Story: What is Energy?

Posted on 15 May 2009

This is second is energy story series of articles that defines what is energy. it also discuss in detail energy’s different forms and their uses especially food cycles and thermal energy.

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Energy Story: An Introduction

Posted on 12 May 2009

The article is the introduction to energy, and it also explains about the importance of energy in our daily lives. Energy is one of the most essential parts of our universe and is one of the biggest necessities of our daily lives. Energy is defined as the tendency to work, move, and do other activities. We get energy from different sources in this world.

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How to Generate Your Own Electricity with Solar Panels

Posted on 04 May 2009

If you are planning to buy it then you have to have lots of money. Online shopping can be done to buy solar panels but if you search for its price, they are available in hundreds of dollars. You can buy 100 cells for $400 USD and they produce almost 1.98 watt of electricity. Isn’t it an expensive deal?

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