Tag: water
How exactly do wave energy systems work?
Category: Advanced, Profession, Wave EnergyAuthor : Admin September 10, 2016
You might have heard of wave power or wave energy systems. These are renewable energy systems that generate energy (electricity, to be precise) from waves. While wave energy is nowhere near as popular...Read more
Is it true that sewage water can be converted into drinking water?
Category: Basic, Lifestyle, WaterAuthor : Admin September 3, 2016
Have you ever thought about where the water you drink originated? I never had, until I read a news item. A couple of years back in Australia, when a utility company offered the residents drinking wat...Read more
Why is large hydro power not considered an alternative energy source?
Category: Advanced, Hydro, Profession, RenewableAuthor : Admin August 31, 2016
Large hydro refers to the conventional hydro power plant you and I have heard about – those large power plants with huge dams. Some of the large hydro projects are really massive – the w...Read more
How is sewage waste water purified and used?
Category: Basic, Lifestyle, Liquid Waste, Profession, WaterAuthor : Admin August 27, 2016
Some of you might have wondered what indeed happens to the sewage that leaves our homes. Just read on. The sewage from tens of thousands of homes passes through the sewers, and reach what are called S...Read more
Is CO2 the only greenhouse gas?
Category: Climate Change, Moderate, ProfessionAuthor : Admin August 25, 2016
Greenhouse gases are the gases that are responsible for global warming & climate change. By absorbing the heat radiating from the earth and transmitting it back to earth, these gases heat up the ...Read more
What’s Wrong with the World? Land, Water & Air Pollution
Category: BasicAuthor : Admin May 10, 2016
Who isn’t familiar with pollution? But there are many aspects of these that we do not know. I am providing a short primer here. Land Pollution When we think of land pollution, we usually visual...Read more