http://oxleylearning.org/year9german Year 9 Class Blog Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:14:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The future looks very bright indeed with the new Coupe Mille Miglia Prototype made. This is a great example of waht cars will look like in the future. This website shows how the design process of the car has gotten to the stage that it is at now. http://oxleylearning.org/year9german/2007/08/03/the-future-of-bmws-cars/ At the equator, the sun provides about 1000 watts of energy per a square metre In general, direct solar power involves a single transformation of sunlight which results in a usable form of energy. Sunlight hits a photovoltaic cell creating electricity. Sunlight warms a thermal mass. Sunlight strikes a solar sail on ... http://oxleylearning.org/year9german/2007/03/23/solar-power/ I was looking up the history of the BMW and found out that BMW were first of all famous for making aeroplanes rather than cars tiwas known as when it was making aeroplanes however it was called Bayersiche Flugzeungwerke or BAvarian aeroplane works. After this they ... http://oxleylearning.org/year9german/2007/03/23/the-history-of-the-bmw-bavarian-motor-works/ Solar power won't shine for a while Solar power is great and cheap. It is environmentally friendly and the by-product is oxygen and water. Ask your parents if you can convert to 'green energy' or make your own. http://oxleylearning.org/year9german/2007/03/23/solar-energy/ an alternative to price soaring and dirty petrol are cars powered by using hybrid technology or hydrogen. unlike most other cars which emit Co2, these cars can emit water vapour which is much less harmful then carbon dioxide. right now power cells are not as effiecient and a tad costy ... http://oxleylearning.org/year9german/2007/03/23/hydro-is-the-way-to-go/ Non-radioactive water vapour is the significant operating emission from nuclear power plants.[56] Fission produces gases such as iodine-131 or Xenon-133. These primarily remain within the fuel rods, but with some postulated fuel failure, small amounts of the gases can be released in to the reactor coolant. The chemical control systems ... http://oxleylearning.org/year9german/2007/03/23/nuclear-powereffects-on-the-environment/ Berlin's little Polar Bear Cub Knut, Berlin's little Polar Bear Cub, was born in a zoo but his mother rejected him. The animal rights group believe he should be put down as he will not grow as a normal polar bear. This is stupid. Even if his mother had not rejected ... http://oxleylearning.org/year9german/2007/03/23/berlin-polar-bear/ A small 100 page book with 50 brillliant ways to make the world a better place. It costs only 10 bucks and is really worth while. Big changes start with small actions and build up as everyone else realises we really need to do something. http://oxleylearning.org/year9german/2007/03/23/change-the-world-for-10-bucks/ Countries coal reserves http://oxleylearning.org/year9german/2007/03/23/countries-coal-reserves/ Because there was interest in global warming, here is an interview with Hans von Storch is one of Germany's leading researchers on climate change. One of the main points made is this: At best, limiting the temperature rise to two degrees is just about possible, according to optimistic estimates. That's why ... http://oxleylearning.org/year9german/2007/03/22/interesting-links-for-friday-23-march/