Archive for May, 2024

Design and Fabrication of a Palm Oil Pressure Stove

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310797036_Design_and_Fabrication_of_a_Palm_Oil_Pressure_Stove The use of the pressurized palm oil as fuel for cooking stove has numerous ecological, environmental and economic benefits. The design took into consideration the problems of reducing the vapourization period, efficiency of combustion, availability of raw materials, maintainability and the user’s safety, period of atomization and complexity. Atomisation is the process whereby bulk […]

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‘Oracle of Omaha’ says if top companies paid tax like his, Americans wouldn’t pay anything

https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/oracle-of-omaha-says-higher-taxes-necessary-but-not-on-americans-corporations-economy-national-debt-warren-buffett OMAHA, Nebraska — Warren Buffett, the man of modest living who leads one of the most successful investment firms in history, says the American People would no longer have to pay taxes, if the top companies would simply pay their fair share. While it might sound outrageous, the numbers appear to back it up. Buffett […]

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Elon Musk’s plan to address the “very solvable” water scarcity crisis

https://newatlas.com/environment/elon-water-plan/?itm_source=ocelot&itm_medium=recirculation&itm_campaign=ocelot_e079a01&itm_content=recommendation_2 energy and transportation of water is the issue, which is getting cheaper all the time. Solar + batteries makes this quite solvable. Agree with the page but cost is an issue.

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Africa’s car-making juggernaut prepares to capitalize on the global race to produce affordable EVs at scale

https://fortune.com/2024/05/15/morocco-africa-car-factory-ev

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Ghana House Rent Project

Executives 4 Bedroom Plus Boys Quqrters At Ashaley Botwe $70000 https://www.privatepropertyghana.com/listings/4-bedroom-house-for-sale-ashaley-botwe-adenta-municipal-accra-4PAFJN 5 Bedrooms House For Rent In Devtraco Estate At Tema Comm 25 – 10000 GHS – target property https://www.businessghana.com/site/real-estates/properties/439746/5-Bedrooms-House-for-Rent-in-Devtraco-Estate-at-Tema-com-25 6 Bedrooms House For Rent In Tema Com 25 – 14000 ghs a month – too expensive https://www.businessghana.com/site/real-estates/properties/408220/6-Bedrooms-House-for-rent-in-Tema-com-25 https://www.businessghana.com/site/real-estates/properties/478670/2-Bedroom-Apartment-For-Rent-At-Prampram 2 Bedroom Furnished Apartments For Rent […]

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Igbo landing: Remembering enslaved Africans who chose death over slavery by walking into the ocean

https://scoop.upworthy.com/remembering-enslaved-africans-who-found-dignity-in-death-over-slavery-walked-into-ocean-in-chains-561297-561297-561297-561297-561297-561297-561297

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Volkswagen Group Africa Adds 3 MW Solar PV Carport At Its Kariega Car Factory

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Octopus says 150,000 customers are getting £600 off their energy bills

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/octopus-says-150000-customers-getting-29170303 150,000 EV batteries are combined into a virtual power plant via Octopus Energy’s proprietary technology platform, Kraken. Octopus Energy has announced the UK’s most popular electric vehicle (EV) tariff, Intelligent Octopus Go, now manages a combined 1 gigawatt (GW) worth of EV batteries. 150,000 EV batteries are combined into a virtual power plant via Octopus Energy’s […]

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Octopus Energy announces ‘zero bills’ for thousands of customers ‘for ten years’

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of-living/octopus-energy-announces-zero-bills-29190310 octopus energy working with Perenna bank to offer discount on mortgages may work with loans for renewable energy at home too.

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BMW I3 and Nissan Leaf Battery Upgrades

I wish europeans and the west in general were more ambitious – we have become lazy….. I thought there would be shops setting to do these at affordable prices all over the shop after 10 years of EVs. Anyways…. Nissan Leaf Battery Upgrades: https://www.vivnevs.com/products BMW I3 Battery Upgrades https://www.i3upgrade.cz/en https://insideevs.com/news/484717/upgrade-bmw-i3-battery-pack-120-ah

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I make £36k a MONTH as a landlord at age 31 – trolls accuse me of ‘driving up prices’ but I’m bringing back luxury pads

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/27933657/property-business-money-side-hustle-success/amp An avid saver, he had been putting away £2,000 each month while still employed. Taking the plunge to join Britain’s landlords, he took a gamble and used his £25,000 savings pot to invest in education around property buying. Now, he has a portfolio of £4.5m across nine properties, earning him £36,000 per month – more than the average Brit’s […]

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The Carbon Brief Interview: Octopus Energy’s Greg Jackson 

On misinformation in the media: “I think some of it is organised and some of it is cultural…EVs have taken 1.8m barrels of oil off the road per day. That’s enough that the global oil industry is suddenly seeing what used to look like a minor inconvenience in the future is suddenly a real and […]

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How a Ghanaian Billionaire Built The largest Salt mine production in Africa

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Induction stoves can be a total game-changer in the kitchen — and these ultra-efficient gadgets prove it

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ALLPOWERS 200W Portable Power Station 154Wh Battery Solar Outdoor Generator Camp

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394990322813 £75 Great product to sell with small solar panel to put power into it where there is a power cut in Ghana.

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Window Blind solution

SKOGSKLÖVER roller blind white – allows partial light but its a top down blind. I want a top down/ bottom up blind with the same amount of light coming through, you can see out a little through the fabric. https://www.bottomupblinds.co.uk – right colours – price is around £180 mark – quite expensive HORNVALLMO Pleated blind, […]

“World first” trial with CCS could open up vehicle-to-everything technology to all EVs

According to Kaluza’s data, if all vehicles in the UK today were electric and V2X-enabled they could displace 60% of all gas backup generation currently active in the UK.

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The ripple effects of the electric vehicle revolution

https://www.ft.com/content/d97e5b7e-27e4-42d7-85c2-6574c0d4c12c The IEA anticipates every other car sold globally to be electric by 2035, avoiding the consumption of more than 10mn barrels per day of oil worldwide, equivalent to the amount the US currently consumes for transport. The entry of Chinese EVs into the global market has alarmed Western policymakers in recent months, prompting investigations […]

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Don’t fall for the PHEV hype – go battery EV or go home | TechRadar

https://www.techradar.com/vehicle-tech/hybrid-electric-vehicles/don-t-fall-for-the-phev-hype-go-battery-ev-or-go-home

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