Category Archives: UtterPower Articles

Whacked Idea of the Month?

Posted on May 23, 2011 by George B.

Having just come back from 3 days spent at our off grid  Central Mountain Cabin, I can tell you there are good Alternative energy ideas, and a properly designed solar install in a decent location can deliver all the power you need.  However….how the owner … Continue reading →

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Wind Power Math

Posted on May 17, 2011 by George B.

Doing the Math in Washington State The circle represents a geographical area  in Washington State where we have cheap and abundant Green Hydro AND Wind Power. Some of us will see both of these products as being green and little different … Continue reading →

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Critical Thinking, when it comes to energy it’s not that hard.

Posted on May 12, 2011 by George B.

Have you ever wondered who invests in Green Energy and why? We DIYers can make effective use of several kinds of green energy, solar, wind, and hydro can be great personal investments. When we look at things on a larger … Continue reading →

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A valuable lesson learned

Posted on May 7, 2011 by George B.

It was 1991 and I had a pocket full of cash. I wanted to buy a car for my wife, and having been married for a while I knew better than to tell her what car she wanted. We looked through … Continue reading →

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Electric Vehicle Heating, Air Conditioning, and other environmental loads.

Posted on May 5, 2011 by George B.

On the last post, I attempted to shed some light on the energy transfer rate from the common AC outlet into a storage device like a lithium Electric Vehicle Battery. We discovered that we can transfer the equivalent of one third of a gallon of … Continue reading →

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Take-the-Quiz-Energy-Storage

Posted on May 2, 2011 by George B.

  Zach Says, let’s keep the conversation simple… so even Elmo can understand it!         Question: How much electrical energy can we move off the electrical grid and store in an Electric vehicle? For the sake of our conversation, … Continue reading →

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A Micro Power Project worth our attention

Posted on April 28, 2011 by George B.

Some years back, I became interested in some of Prof Modi’s projects and through that interest I met Matt Basinger and later Francisco Sebastion Rodriguez-Sanchez. These two get the respect and support of our hands on community, they have many hours … Continue reading →

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A very useful paper on Hydrogen Power.

Posted on April 26, 2011 by George B.

An Introduction: We have 6000 years or more of recorded history at our finger tips and it seems that so few of us note that ‘snake oil’ has been one of the best selling items through the ages. Whether it be Slick50 or that miracle … Continue reading →

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Doing the math before you spend the money is critical

Posted on April 25, 2011 by George B.

Matters not whether it’s your money, or the public purse.. doing the math is always a good first step. Here’s a site shared with me by a reader.. if you are ‘on grid’, it may prove interesting to see what others are … Continue reading →

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North Dakota Slow Speed Diesel Oil?

Posted on April 23, 2011 by George B.

You can find plenty of links including a previous post I made on our oil fields in this region, but you may not have seen a picture of this stuff as it is pumped from the well. This sample was drawn last wednesday by … Continue reading →

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