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| RISING TIDAL POWER. |
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Schools of fish. Barnacles. Seaweed. Dolphins. Whales. The highly corrosive nature of salt water. Fishing nets and lines. Submarines. Ships and boats. All things, and more, for designers and engineers of ocean energy devices to worry themselves with. Still, with the oceans covering two-thirds of the planet, capturing their energy for clean power is a challenge worth pursuing.
Ocean currents, such as the Atlantic Ocean’s Gulf Stream, could feasibly be harnessed for significant energy. |
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| Try these hikes in the WESTERN CAPE... |
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Kommetjie |
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2hrs |
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Cape Town |
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1.5 - 2hrs |
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Boyes Drive |
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3.5 hrs |
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Table mountain, Camps Bay |
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3 - 5 hrs |
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Hike of the week |
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Lions Head |
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Province: WESTERN CAPE |
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Duration: 4 - 5hrs |
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Distance: 6km |
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Mushroom of the week |
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Photo submitted: klair (30 June 2010) |
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Found in Knysna forest |
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| Stereum hirsutum |
 Inedible |
| Size: 30 - 100 mm |
| Habitat: Grows on wood |
Spore bearing:  Pores |
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Thin but tough and forms overlapping tiers, upper surface orange with a yellow margin and with stiff hairs in concentric rings of grey, orange and yellow. |
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Some other inedible mushrooms... |
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ARTICLES |
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| Shedding Light on the Moser Lamp |
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21-09-2014 16:48
In the midst of yet another electricity blackout in the Brazilian countryside in 2002, Alfredo Moser, a mechanic from Southern Brazil’s Uberaba, and his friends discussed ways to beckon rescuers during an emergency. |
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NEWS |
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| Happy Feet tag not transmitting. |
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12-09-2011 05:49
Happy Feet, the penguin who was given a second lease on life and was given a lift part of the way back to his antarctic home has disappeared from the radar. |
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| Plant to process disposable nappies into roof tiles? |
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12-09-2011 05:41
A new plant is due to open today in in West Bromwich in the UK, designed to recycle disposable nappies and other similar items recovering the components which can then be used to manufacture a range of building products including roof tiles. |
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| Follow Happy Feet's Journey Home |
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05-09-2011 15:49
Happy Feet, the Emperor penguin who lost his way and found himself stuck on a beach in New Zealand back in June and eating sand instead of snow has been released back into the wild. |
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| Welcome to the world's 7 Billionth person. |
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02-09-2011 16:04
Well the experts don't think that they have arrived yet but it is predicted that during October somewhere in the world, probably India or China, the most populous nations on the planet, a birth will bring the total number of humans living on this fragile globe to 7 billion. |
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