Re: [Biofuel] modified sine and sine wave inverters

2005-11-22 Thread Michael Nehring
"What do you mean by modified sine wave?" Normal AC electricity flows basically in both directions and the change from one peak to another is smooth and has the shape of a sine wave. Modified sine wave inverters don't follow this pattern exactly. They may hold full power in one direction for 1/4

[Biofuel] Household electricity consumption questions, remarks, and theorizing.

2005-11-19 Thread Michael Nehring
Hi all, In about 8 months or so, I and my (future) wife will buy our first house. One of my goals is to have a relatively high level of energy self-sufficiency (without going bankrupt since we currently don't have a ton of cash lying around). First question: does anyone know of any charts/stati

Re: [Biofuel] US Takes the Lead in Trashing Planet

2005-04-15 Thread Michael Nehring
Maybe this is slightly off-topic, but I was thinking lately and decided to do some calculations. Basically, there's a lot of talk about excess CO2 (and not without reason), but CO2 is quite natural and humans make it too, of course. I decided I would try to calculate the CO2 contribution from huma

Re: [Biofuel] The Lutec over unity device

2005-03-31 Thread Michael Nehring
Hi, I've been on the list for a couple months now, reading happily, but have yet to post anything. So first, hi everyone:-). Internet scams or jokes are among my favorites, just because sometimes they're so funny and sometimes they're just so clever. I have to admit that this is pretty clever. Fir