One of the things I hope to do in the near future is to invest in solar energy or wind energy to take care of all or part of my current electricity usage. You’re thinking I’m hoping to save money on utilities, right? Nope! Unless the price of solar or wind energy equipment goes way down and the price of electricity in my area goes way up, it would take the rest of my life and then some to pay for an alternative energy system big enough to power the whole house!

So why on earth do I want to use …read more

The concept of making a solar dish isn’t at all new.   I even seen it at Mythbusters.  Basically the design was a huge parabola composed of an array of mirrors focused on a single point.     It is basically the same concept as focusing a magnifying glass to a certain point to ignite a match or paper.
Solar dish can be used to generate hot water.  I suppose a row of black tubes filled with water is centered at the focal point.  Water flowing over these pipes will be heated.
It can also be used to generate steam in which case,  a steam …read more