Electricity

Changes we can make to live more eco friendly

Eco friendly living isn’t a new trend, in fact over the years it is the concept of what comprises eco friendly living that has changed. As time marches onward and researchers are able to identify items within our everyday lives that are actually contributing to the degradation of our planet it is our responsibility as the “top of the food chain” and the causing factor for such degradation to attempt to reverse some of the damage that has been done. While certain factors like “global warming” may be more controversial as far as the validity of research behind findings, other factors such as the severity of deforestation worldwide is not as disputable. Fortunately for the human race and every other species that depends upon the planet for sustenance, there are many changes that we can make that can help to support the healing of our planet....

Compact Fluorescent: Making the Switch

The future looks dim for incandescent light bulbs, the world-changing invention introduced by Thomas Edison in 1879.

Part of the blame goes to CFL bulbs, also known as compact fluorescents. Consumers have turned to CFL bulbs to save money and energy. Supporters say that the new CFLs last longer and can provide users with substantial savings on their electric bills over the lifetime of the bulbs...

Dismissing the Myths of Hybrid Cars

New technology is prone to being a source of confusion simply because few people know all the facts, understand the technology, and get caught up in exaggerated stories generated by peoples' natural impulsive tendency to allow fantasies to fill in the blanks. Following are four common myths surrounding hybrid cars. We'll see which ones are fact, and which ones are fiction...

So what is a hybrid car, anyways?

All hybrid cars share at least three common factors. In fact, all three capabilities must be present in order for the vehicle to be classified as hybrid. These three steps include:

1. Regenerative braking
2. Idle-off capability
3. Power Assist

These steps are explained in the article...

Comparing the three types of hybrid vehicles

There are three primary types of hybrid vehicles we are going to compare: the parallel hybrid, the mild hybrid and the plug-in hybrid. In the next section, we will outline the comparisons of these hybrid vehicles...

So you want a hybrid car - but why? What's so great about hybrids?

The term hybrid is one of the hottest new buzz words to enter the English lexicon. In our global economy and an ever-growing awareness of the limitations of our resources, people everywhere are concerned about how we can maintain our lifestyles into the future. There is a plethora of curiosity, enthusiasm and confusion surrounding this term as we face high gas prices and a bleak forecast for our natural environment. Our very lifestyles are being threatened, and so people all over the world look to the hybrid car as a potential solution, allowing us to continue speeding across our lands and living our lives of convenience. With all these concerns riding on the success of such new technology, it is no wonder that people want to know, in simple terms, how hybrid cars work...