Over the millennia, humans have been using the wind to power various objects. In the 1st century AD, mathematician and engineer Heron of Alexandria created a windwheel, which he then used to make “flute-like noises.” Wind power disappeared in the 7th...
Biofuels are thought of today as the advanced, cutting-edge fuels of the future. The reality, however, is that biofuels are the oldest source of energy known to humankind. Biofuels were the first fuels. After all, wood was the biofuel used by ancient man and primitive...