Why is it so much lower?There are multiple factors that influence how much electricity you can generate using a pedal-powered generator. Some are biological, some depend on the design of your generator. Let's look at them one-by-one....
Fossil fuels such ascoaland oil is used to generate heat. This heat converts water into steam at very high temperature and high pressure. This steam at high pressure drives a steam turbine. Therotating shaft of the steam turbineis coupled to the armature of the alternator to generate electric...
How much electricity is in the human body? Scientists agree that the human body, at rest, can produce around 100 watts of power on average. This is enough electricity to power up a light bulb. Some humans have the ability to output over 2,000 watts of power, for instance if sprinting....
we're not talking about a lot of electricity here so i guess that would work, seems unnecessary tho since touching the case does the same thing and i would be scared to forget to plug it in at some point... i wont forget to touch my case, because its right there and i don't wan...
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Even though they didn't fully understand it, ancient people knew about electricity. Thales of Miletus, a Greek philosopher known as one of the legendary Seven Wise Men, may have been the first human to study electricity, circa 600 B.C. By rubbing amber -- fossilized tree resin -- with ...
The first step to reducing your e-commerce carbon footprint is tracking carbon emissions. They are divided into three types13: Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3. Scope 1 is your business’s direct emissions; Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from purchased energy (eg. electricity); and ...
Whenever electrical wiring in a building has too much current flowing through it, these simple machines cut the power until somebody can fix the problem. Without circuit breakers (or fuses), household electricity would be impractical because of the potential for fires and other mayhem resulting ...
Petroleum companies are also developing alternatives in addition to more traditional forms of drilling. They includenon-hydraulic fracturingthat can penetrate rock without creating large volumes of wastewater. Renewable energies such as wind and solar power can also be used to generate electricity without...