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Wind power is the fastest growing renewable energy platform in the world. Ah, but just how do wind turbines work. Well, you have to understand the key components.

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A description of life in Ghana and how people adapt to a situation during the load shedding and powercuts due to the failure of the Akosombo Dam, the largest powers source, to produce power. This has been going on from November 2006 until today. We see no end to this.

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A description of life in Ghana and how people adapt to a situation during the load shedding and powercuts due to the failure of the Akosombo Dam, the largest powers source, to produce power. This has been going on from November 2006 until today. We see no end to this.

I was in Ghana and one of things I experienced were the power cuts. Technical reasons were given from above and we had to grin and bear it.

We had 12 hours off during the day and 12 hours off during the night on alternate days sometimes every two days. Now I hear its going to 24 hours off at a time every two days. The common phrase now is "do you have lights?".

Most people have an electricity schedule stuck up somewhere in their house or office but it is not always accurate. The official term for this is "Load Shedding" but when the lights go out unexpectedly on your day on it is called "Lights Off". We call each other and ask is it load shedding or lights out… Now we all rush to do ironing, cooking, emailing and anything that uses electricity before the load shedding and its funny to see people rushing home cos lights will come on at 6pm.

My question is… with all the sunshine why isn't solar made more available to the country? Why hasn't someone found a way to make [tag-tec]solar panels[/tag-tec] cheaper for all to be able to afford them and why hasn't the government had the foresight to see that the levels of the dam were dropping over the past years, so something should be done fast. It is human nature at its worst, wait until the crisis before reacting rather than preventing the crisis to happen in the first place

To Solar or not to solar… that is the question

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There is a lot of talk going on about by diesel production. But I'm quite sure that most people have no idea what the process involves. Simply put biodiesel production takes a product such as vegetable oil, just normal everyday vegetable oil, and turns it into a combustible product. How this is done, requires a little more technical talk and understanding. So here we go. To produce biodiesel requires a process in which the lipid transesterification converts a base oil in two esters or biodiesel.

In the production of biodiesel these products may be used:

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We are facing a global energy crisis that is continuing to get worse every day. The problem is multi-faceted. On one hand, we are depleting our supply of non-renewable resources. These resources cannot be replaced and when they are gone, we will have to rely on other sources of energy. Because of simple supply and demand economics, as the supply of these resources go down, their prices will go up. We are already experiencing the pains of increasing energy costs and this problem will continue to get worse. Pollution is another problem that is caused by using non-renewable resources. All of these problems can be helped by developing and using green energy.

We can all help the energy crisis by doing some simple things to conserve our natural resources. We can help conserve natural resources by recycling instead of throwing things away. This means not throwing away plastic bottles, cans, and other things that are made from natural resources. Another thing we can do is conserve energy. That means doing little things like turning the lights off when you leave a room, turn off the television when you aren’t watching it, use a programmable thermostat so you don’t waste heat or air conditioning when you aren’t home, and a ton of other things to stop wasting resources. Car pooling is another way to save gas and money. All of these simple things can help conserve our natural resources and help the energy crisis we are facing.

Using sources of green energy is another way we can save the non-renewable resources that we have. There are several things that commonly produce green energy including solar energy, wind energy, and water energy. You can use these sources of renewable energy in your home. You can learn more about residential solar power and other green energy options at the Alternative Energy Sources Blog.

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