| Housing and smart houses. I believe that we could | | | | window. Due to the little amount of moving parts |
| have avoided this upcoming Natural Gas Shortage | | | | and the pure physics and mechanical nature of |
| by building smarter and more efficient homes. For | | | | this without adding any complexity, it should be |
| instance by using small devises which are simple | | | | trouble free forever pretty much.The only other |
| such as using the idea of mini-hydro pumps, | | | | way I can see this working is to use a "U" shaped |
| reflective energy boosting solar efficiency by 2.5 | | | | water pool with a membrane in it on one end, |
| from a water pond (with 1-2 inches of water | | | | then dropping in one side concentrated crystal |
| covered by a polymer substance of a couple of | | | | layers, which would attract the water past the |
| molecules and a reflective bottom surface), | | | | membrane and such the water into the one side |
| condensation and gravity. These small things can | | | | rising the water level and then using that raised |
| improve the energy efficiency by 10-fold. Here | | | | level to flow back to the other side through small |
| are a few things; this is how I propose which | | | | hydro-pumps. The membrane could be easily |
| could be done.Put in a pond which has a reflective | | | | constructed something like a tempered solute |
| ceramic bottom and is filled with water of 2-3 | | | | mono layer at a lower level of the house and the |
| inches depth out side of the house on the East | | | | remaining heated water continues upward in a |
| side. The sun comes up and reflects off the | | | | condensation cloud which would cool later and |
| water onto a side of the house which has a | | | | provide more hydro when the temperature |
| convex/concave lenses shaped glass window | | | | cooled in the top of the shaft of the tower. I do |
| facing 30 degrees as an over hang off the house. | | | | not believe this cannot work.The pond at night |
| On the other side of the lens enclosed is a shaft | | | | would also provide a starting point for the heating |
| where the air is heated.The pond is connected to | | | | and allow you to use less energy for hot water |
| the inside of the house and the water evaporates | | | | cooking and showers in the house, giving you a |
| up as the air heats up to the roof. The top of the | | | | head start of about 100 degrees since heating |
| roof on the inside of the shaft is at a 45 degree | | | | water is usually the most energy consuming.One |
| angle, as the water cools it follows the roof line | | | | last thought, the spinning wheels could be |
| down the other side of the house through small | | | | connected to a sound machine creating a |
| wheels at each floor providing electricity and | | | | hi-pitched sound, focusing the sound wave into a |
| running your mini-hydro pumps. The sun coming | | | | steel tank filled with helium, and as the helium |
| up on the water is reflected increasing your solar | | | | heated up the molecules would bounce off each |
| power by 2.5 as you stated and is further | | | | other creating friction and heat to make steam to |
| magnified by the lens window. The air stays hot in | | | | super charge the water in the winter within the |
| the day and the water roiling back down is used | | | | bottom of the tower if your pond became iced |
| for heating, and electricity for lighting, etc. When | | | | over. Also it is a good way to make additional |
| the pond freezes in the wintertime you will still | | | | energy for heating the air, with fans at the top of |
| have your energy.Another innovation for this | | | | the tower you would be able to heat the house |
| project would be to use those small spheres | | | | too by blowing the heat into floor vents you |
| ceramic glass coated beads, that look like ball | | | | talked about.Mathematically this is all feasible, |
| bearings look like shiny golf balls in a chamber | | | | based on an article I read in Modern Solar |
| around the lens area, so that at night they can | | | | Magazine about the 2.5 times increase of solar |
| cover the lens and keep the heat in, these would | | | | radiation of Beta and Alpha particles in water |
| be enclosed in a pain of glass covering the lens | | | | reflection. |