Chinese Coal Companies to De-Gas Mines

China faces serious safety issues in the country's coal mines. Tunneling and other accidents reportedly kill more than 5,000 coal miners every year. About 80 percent of China's coal mining-related deaths are attributed to methane gas explosions. China's coal mines releasing methane gas are also responsible for nearly 40 percent of the country's air pollution.

Alternative Energy for Vehicles

Alternative energy for vehicles has come a long way, but unfortunately we are not yet at a point where we can go without gasoline. Hybrid cars, however, are the first step to the future.

How to Lower Your Energy Costs

Heating costs continue to rise annually, with natural disasters and the war in Iraq as to main contributing factors. There are steps you can take to lower your home heating and energy costs.

A Better Environment For All

Are we ready for a mass extinction event?

The Fundamental Elements of Wind Turbines

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.

UK Domestic Energy Price Guide

So what’s the best way to handle your amenities? We all know that we should be shopping around for the best gas and electricity prices but the array of price plans and offers available can confuse and dishearten even the most dedicated money saver. Yet switching to a more appropriate tariff can save you hundreds of pounds each year.

Software Application For Mollier's Diagram

The article Software Application For Mollier's Diagram outlines the basics of the Mollier’s diagram, steam and water properties, traditional methodology of their use, role of software programs for generating Mollier’s diagram and its importance in academic world. Finally it gives a good guideline for selecting the proper software.

Looking to the Ocean for Energy

As fossil fuels become a more limited resource, society is casting around for new energy sources. Interestingly, a lot of interest in the ocean as an energy platform is starting to be generated.

Someone Should Write an eBook on Ethanol, E85, BioDiesel and Our Future

It is now decreed that The United States of America is Addicted to Middle Eastern Foreign Oil and therefore there are no Presidential Alternative Fuel initiative and mandates from Congress to break this addiction. It is time that someone write an eBook On Ethanol to educate the public, which discusses mainly; E85, BioDiesel and Our Future, as a possible solution to help America through the rehab process.

Collecting EM Energy from the Magnetic Field of Mother Earth

Is it indeed possible to collect some of the electro magnetic energy coming of our planet as it hurls through the solar system in this bubble traveling thru deep space? The Online Think Tank believes it is and it is a common topic of conversation too. Not longer than a decade ago the coordinator for the Online Think Tank came up with this idea after reading about the energy tail collection device, which almost electrocuted the Space Shuttle.

Wind Turbines: Small – Scale Versus Large –Scale Wind Turbines

A typical roof to mounted urban wind turbine will charge a battery of approximately twelve volts, more or less. Such a wind turbine will run various twelve volt appliances inside the structure upon which the turbine was installed. Therefore, it is often a great idea to consider installing small – scale wind turbines. You will feel good about your contribution to the healing of our current environmental conditions.

Conserve Fuel Pass a 55 MPH Speed Limit on All Vehicles Over 6,000 Pounds Gross Weight

My husband and I moved from California to North Carolina in December 2002, it wasn't until then we could appreciate the 55 MPH law for truck traffic that we had taken for granted. After spending a few hours on the road on Interstate 40 outside of California we soon realized one of the two things we would grow to miss about the state.

Do Ocean Wave Hydro Electric Systems Need Big Waves? No, But it Helps

Most people are not aware that Ocean Wave Generation Stations can operate with small but constant waves. Do Ocean Wave Hydro Electric Systems need Big Waves? No but it helps quite a bit; depending on the design of course. And as you probably know along the United States shore line the Pacific Ocean waves are much bigger than the Atlantic side, which are both many times larger than the Gulf Coast, unless there is a Hurricane of course.