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| Home Power’s tour of today’s small-scale wind turbine landscape. Get the big picture before you buy. |
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By Mick Sagrillo
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Issue: Aug/Sep 2002 (#90)
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| Wind guru Mick Sagrillo has compiled his fourth “Apples & Oranges” article to help you choose a home-sized wind generator. |
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By Cliff Mossberg
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Issue: Jun/Jul 2001 (#83)
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| Cliff Mossberg has already explained the basics of thermodynamics. Now he explains how architectural details can use thermodynamics to advantage, for cooling in hot, humid environments. |
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By Peter Kuebeck, Sr, Peter Kuebeck, Jr
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Issue: Jun/Jul 2002 (#89)
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| Before the grid’s rural electrification of the west, wind machines lit up the U.S. The Kuebecks (Peter, Sr. and Peter, Jr.) have restored three classic Jacobs machines—a slice of old American pie. |
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By Bernd Geisler
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Issue: Apr/May 2004 (#100)
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| We get more sunshine here in northern Texas than anyone may want. Wind often blows steadily for days and can sometimes get fierce. Wind speeds can go from 30 to 70 mph within seconds. Twenty miles down the road, a truck loaded with scrapped cars was blown over and off Highway 75 last year by a severe gust! |
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By Dennis Scanlin, Brent Summerville, Mike Dooraghi
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Issue: Jun/Jul 2006 (#113)
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| A state initiative funds education and equipment testing for small wind systems in western North Carolina. |
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