backyard Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:33:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Would you like to host a nuclear reactor in your backyard? https://www.greenoptimistic.com/would-you-like-to-host-a-nuclear-reactor-in-your-backyard-20080317/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/would-you-like-to-host-a-nuclear-reactor-in-your-backyard-20080317/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:28:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/01/30/would-you-like-to-host-a-nuclear-reactor-in-your-backyard/ NOT many people want a nuclear power station in their backyard, but that's the prospect facing communities on both sides of the Atlantic as governments weigh up where to build a new wave of reactors.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/would-you-like-to-host-a-nuclear-reactor-in-your-backyard-20080317/feed/ 4 215 How to Build a Backyard Biogas Plant https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-to-build-a-backyard-biogas-plant-20080314/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-to-build-a-backyard-biogas-plant-20080314/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 05:33:33 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/02/10/how-to-build-a-backyard-biogas-plant/ Introduction The success or failure of any biogas plant mainly depends upon the quality of how it is constructed. To construct a good biogas plant, you should not only respect the dimensions as indicated on the drawing but also follow the correct construction method. Hereunder, in a step-by-step fashion, the right construction method of the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/how-to-build-a-backyard-biogas-plant-20080314/feed/ 36 212 5 steps to building a backyard fuel cell https://www.greenoptimistic.com/5-steps-to-building-a-backyard-fuel-cell-20080130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/5-steps-to-building-a-backyard-fuel-cell-20080130/#respond Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:58:15 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/01/30/5-steps-to-building-a-backyard-fuel-cell/ Stephen Friend has the first hand-built fuel cell-powered house in the US. No, not another hopeful boil-your-own-yogurt demo for an impractical technology, but a real, sustainable achievement that makes its own hydrogen in a cedar shed out back. And it has a huge advantage over electric systems favored by his neighbors on Stuart Island, an […]

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