When the BioMass Hits the Wind Turbine
Society & Culture
In the early days of the electric grid a battle emerged between DC electricity and AC electricity. Thomas Edison championed DC - Westinghouse (and Tesla) argued for AC power. What emerged was the "Battle of the Currents" - with engineers traveling the country electrocuting dogs and cats (and perhaps even elephants). The bodies of technicians hung tangled in wires in front of city hall. Spin doctors and editorials ran wild. So what really happened and why do we use AC electricity today instead of DC? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the realities of sustainable living.
081 - Becoming an Annoying Consumer
020 - Sustaining Optimism
018 - Is the World Sustainable?
015 - Why We Built an Earthship
012 - Making a Solar Generator
011 - Politics of Sustainability
010 - Straw Bale Construction
006 - Solar Energy (harvesting the Sun)
007 - Philosophy of Enough (Voluntary Simplicity)
008 - Living with Zero Utilities
009 - Living in an Age of Instability (You Will be Green)
001 - Living in an Earthship (Greatest Hits Rebroadcast)
005 - The End of the Age of Fossil Fuels (Greatest Hits Rebroadcast)
080 - The Business of Solar
003 - The Economics of Happiness (Greatest Hits Rebroadcast)
079 - Early Solar Pioneers
078 - Fake Meat
077 - Who Revived the Electric Car?
076 - Changing our Relationship with the Land
075 - Where have all the Birds Gone?
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