History of Electricity (To go along with the history of Smart Meters in BC)

       Hello, I hope you all are having a wonderful day! :)
As you may have known, I did a post on as much information that I could find for the history of smart meters. However, that information wasn't too sufficient, so here is a post about the history of electricity, some ways that it is produced, and some different ways of monitoring it.


                Many people know about Benjamin Franklin and his experiment with his kite, but that's not all. He was also the first person to use the terms, positive and negative charge.
        So many other people helped pioneer the way, people like Michael Faraday, he made the discovery of Electromagnetic induction. So many more inventions would come from his discoveries and work, but they would all be fifty to one hundred years later. He never let his failures get in the way. Mr. Faraday believed that even a failure could teach you something, and that they could be learned from. He had a saying "The failures are just as the successes." The farad is the unit of capacitance, and  is named in honour of Mr.Faraday.
    Another remarkable man was Thomas Seebeck, who discovered the "Seebeck effect". What he did was twist two wires made of different metals, and heated the junction where the metals met. This created a small current of electricity that produced heat that flowed from the hot to the cold junction. What he created during the experiment is called thermoelectricity, and Thermo is Greek for heat.

   (If you would like to know more about these men, and some of the other most extraordinary people who helped pioneer the way in electricity, the link to the website where I got my information is Here.)


     So, without further ado, let us move on to some different ways of creating and generating electricity, shall we? Please keep in mind that these are only two of the many different ways of generating electricity.



Hydro:
Hydroelectricity is the making and consumption of electricity by using water to create the electricity.
Water from a headpond, flows down the intake, and pushes a turbine as it leaves the headstock. The water that flows past the turbine then exits through the draft tube, and into the tailrace. The spinning turbine powers the generator, and the powerhouse, the electricity is sent to the transformer, and then up the transmission lines.

If you would like to know more about Hydroelectricity (in Canada) click Here


Wind: Wind power is what is produced when people harness the kinetic energy of the wind by using wind generators. This form of electricity generation is gaining popularity throughout the world, but still isn't used very much, as it only provides about one percent of our global energy consumption.

As always, if you would like to know more about wind power, there is a link for you to click Right Here



I would like to thank you for your time, and wish you all a very good day. Any critique and advice you would like to give is welcome, and very much appreciated.

~Sylvie


       

Smart Meters History in British Columbia

 Hi there, as you may or may not have known, we were given the task  of finding something to write a "rant", or persuasive essay about. After that we filmed videos of our rants, I may include a link later. So, this post is to be about the history of our topics. Since my topic is fairly new, the amount of information in here may be spread a little thin. Also, please keep in mind that the meters talked about here are those in British Columbia, Canada, and therefor may be different from those in other areas.

                 I do know that some sources claim that the program's roots go back to the 1980's though whether or not that is true, I don't know. It does seem very far fetched, but it could still be a possibility.
I also know that the meters were supposed to be fully implemented into BC homes by the end of 2012, though there has still been a lot of controversy over them, and not all of them have been fully implemented yet, due to those holding out on the program, or opting out. The installation process has been carried out since 2011.


        This is all that I could find for now, but I will be updating and editing this post as if/when I find more.


Thank you for your time, if you have any advice or information or sources for information that you would like to share, please do!
Thanks again,
~Sivvy