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Aug 15

How Do I Build A Homemade Wind Generator?

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Wondered if anyone knew how to build a simple homemade wind generator to power our home? A homemade wind generator that is not too complicated would be good. Do you know how to build a wind generator? Please help us.Thanks

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Aug 14

How Do I Build A Homemade Wind Generator? Do You Know How To Build A Wind Generator?

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Wondered if anyone knew how to build a simple homemade wind generator to power our home? A homemade wind generator that is not too complicated would be good. Please help us.Thanks

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Nov 01

(!) Homemade Energy X Prize

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HOMEMADE ENERGY X PRIZE

Wouldn’t it be nice if the answer to all of our energy problems was right in our own backyards?

“…haven’t come up with anything like that yet.”

A submission to the “Crazy Green Idea” contest hosted by the X PRIZE Foundation

GRAND CHALLENGE:
Break the fossil fuel addiction.
Distribute/diversify our energy sources.

GOAL:
Teams must develop/refine/revolutionize home-based energy technologies. This includes (but definitely is NOT limited to) solar panels/cells, wind turbines, in-home fuel production, etc.

RULES:
1.) Keep it cheap.
-Costs must remain in the area of $1/Watt for power and $3/GGE (preferably lower) for fuels
2.) Keep it simple.
-Technologies have to be easily/cheaply mass producible in order to be economically feasible. A good technology isn’t useful if no one wants to build it.
3.) Keep it green.
-This one is self-explanatory. If it hurts the environment more than it helps, it isn’t green.

SHORT-TERM BENEFITS:
-Accelerated progress in the field of alternative energy
-Motivation for the speedy development of technologies that are both cheap and green
-Inspiration for engineers, scientists, etc. worldwide to develop alternative energy technologies

LONG-TERM BENEFITS:
-Cheaper energy bills (some may even sell energy back to power companies)
-If you could buy a fueling station for your garage, you could fill up at home
-Less demand for a limited number of energy sources means cheaper energy for everyone
-No more reliance on foreign oil, or any oil for that matter
-If we could buy biofuel/ethanol/hydrogen/etc. production stations for our homes, we wouldn’t have to wait decades for local stations to open up (if they open up at all…)
-No more large-scale blackouts (due to less-centralized energy)
-A new industry–homemade energy–will be formed, creating many new jobs and stimulating the economy
-Less greenhouse emissions
-Less pollution ociated with coal/petroleum
-Less energy problems in general…

Nothing would help the environment more than if alternative energies were widely available to us all. With that said, let’s make the Homemade Energy X PRIZE a reality.

http://www.youtube.com/group/crazygreenidea
http://www.youtube.com/xprize

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