Three Dog Night - Never Been to Spain
Posted by Steven Cains on Friday, March 31st 2023
The Washington Post shows the main heat sources of US homes. 47% natural gas, 40% electricity, 5% propane, 4% oil, 2% wood and 2% other.
Posted by Steven Cains on Sunday, March 26th 2023
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss - Killing The Blues
Posted by Steven Cains on Friday, May 6th 2022
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who’ll Stop The Rain
Posted by Steven Cains on Friday, April 29th 2022
Warmth from the earth and air: could heat pumps replace our gas boilers?
At least 36,000 heat pumps were installed in homes and businesses across the UK last year, according to the Heat Pump Association, and installations are expected to almost double this year.
The RHI pays out £6,000 in quarterly instalments over a seven-year period to help defray the costs of heat pumps. Ministers are reported to be considering replacing it with a £400m boiler scrappage scheme, which would offer £7,000 grants.
Heat pumps are already popular, but the cost is many times the price of a gas boiler, starting at £6,000 for an air source pump; for a ground source pump the price could climb from £10,000. And many homes need extensive insulation work before they can be installed.
Posted by Steven Cains on Sunday, September 12th 2021
Cream - White Room
Posted by Steven Cains on Friday, May 21st 2021
New engineering idea could make it easier to build hydropower storage facilities, making renewable sources more viable as a 24/7 electricity supply.
Posted by Steven Cains on Sunday, February 28th 2021
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In 2019, around 54 percent of vegetables and 16 percent of fruit supplied in the UK was home grown.
In other parts of our shopping basket, the UK supplied 58 percent of the cheese, 65 percent of the chicken, 86 percent of the beef, and 89 percent of the eggs we eat.
”Posted by Steven Cains on Sunday, February 28th 2021
Picking the right colors for your charts
Flowing Data highlights the excellent series helping people to pick the right colours for charts by Lisa Charlotte Rost.
Posted by Steven Cains on Thursday, December 31st 2020
The Traveling Wilburys - Tweeter & the Monkey Man
Posted by Steven Cains on Friday, June 19th 2020
This map of FM radio stations in the US is fascinating. Thanks to Erin Davis for creating it, and FlowingData for bringing it to my attention.
Posted by Steven Cains on Sunday, January 26th 2020
The RadRover step-thru bike looks pretty unique and the $1499 price means it’s one to consider for anyone in the market for an e-bike.
Posted by Steven Cains on Sunday, January 26th 2020
I found this infographic by Nathan Yau over at Flowing Data showing the shift in US jobs from 1950-2017 pretty interesting.
Posted by Steven Cains on Sunday, December 22nd 2019
First electric commercial flight by Harbour Air using a converted DeHavilland Beaver with a 750hp electric motor. Only a 70 mile range but an impressive start.
Posted by Steven Cains on Sunday, December 22nd 2019
Lloyd Alter of Treehugger reviews hemp insulation; a natural alternative to fibreglass batts that delivers an equivalent R-value - a 5.5 inch batt delivering R-20. Priced around the same as mineral wool and polystyrene panels.
Posted by Steven Cains on Sunday, December 22nd 2019
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