MetaFilter posts tagged with electricity

Baghdad Nights

homunculus — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:12:29 -0800

Baghdad nights: evaluating the US military surge using nighttime light signatures (PDF). A team of UCLA geographers using satellite imagery to track the amount of light emitted in Baghdad at night found that electricity use in Sunni neighborhoods fell prior to the surge and never returned, indicating that ethnic cleansing by Shiite militias drove the Sunnis away before the surge began and was largely responsible for the subsequent decrease in violence. [Via Passport]

All our battery are belong to you

flabdablet — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:46:34 -0800

"A Smart Garage energy paradigm could simultaneously reduce the environmental impact of both the transport sector and the electricity sector. Driving a vehicle that uses electricity creates fewer greenhouse-gas emissions than driving a vehicle that uses gasoline, even if the electricity is made from fossil fuels (such as coal)."

Tree lined Eco Boulevard

Burhanistan — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:29:40 -0800

Madrid's "Air Tree" is a working experiment in combining public spaces with energy generation.

Cheap printable solar power

stbalbach — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:53:34 -0800

Popular Science has named Nanosolar the #1 innovative product of the year. Finally, cheap and ubiquitous solar power has arrived, “You’re talking about printing rolls of the stuff—printing it on the roofs of 18-wheeler trailers, printing it on garages, printing it wherever you want it,” The only problem is demand, so they're building the world’s largest solar-panel manufacturing facility in San Jose. See 96 other innovations in PopSci's Best of 2007.

Carbon emissions database of global electric power plants

stbalbach — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:19:19 -0800

CARMA, released today, is a map/database that shows the carbon emissions of more than 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies in every country on Earth, showing not only the worst but the best. Find out how much CO2 comes from electricity plants in a particular city, county, congressional district, company, town, ZIP code, or an individual plant.

I've only been afraid of three things: Electricity, heights, and women

gwint — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:39:05 -0800

High Voltage Cable Inspection

This Should be Played at High Voltage

nthdegx — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:25:07 -0800

Steve Ward's Singing Tesla Coil video. Previously.

Zzzzap! Zzzzap!

Blazecock Pileon — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:51:05 -0800

Weather shock horror! Survivors live to tell the tale!

BZZZZZZZZZZZT

Stynxno — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 10:28:42 -0800

Fry Little Doggie, FRY!

Malawi man builds a windwill to power home

letitrain — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 10:25:31 -0800

William Kamkwamba decided to build a windmill to power lights in his home: "For many years we had only paraffin candles to light my home at night. They are expensive, smoky, smelly and have to be purchased about 8 km from home."