Last year, a student send me a 12-minute bit from 60 minutes on coal power. The piece is centered on an interview with Jim Rogers of Charlotte’s own Duke Energy. Watch this, then read on: *IF the embedded video will not play, try this link: Powered by Coal (60 minutes) So…what do we do in [...]
When you think “Modern Wind Technology”, think of Power Plants. These power plants include wind turbines that are powered by the wind in order to turn a turbine that powers a generator, and creates electricity that can be used and stored. To understand the parts of a turbine and how it works, check out the [...]
First of all, the atmosphere has 5 layers, but only 4 which with we are concerned. First, there is the trophosphere,which is the one closest to us, and is where weather occurs. Second, there is the stratosphere, the lower part (and the upper part of the trophosphere) in which temperature stabilizes, and about one-third of the way up the stratosphere [...]
