PAGE 14 ENERGY CONTINUED FROM PAGE ll BIOCONVERSION ENERGY PLANT. Ken Smith, formerly of the laboratory for Maximum Potential Systems, and Evan Brown of the Ecotape Group, Seattle, are now designing a bioconversion energy plant for construction at the Monroe State Prison Honor Farm Dairy. Using a $90, 000 grant form the Wasington State Dept. of Ecology, they will use the manure from 250 dairy cows to produce methane gas and fertilizer. For further information, contact the Ecotape Group. Box 5599. University Station. Seattle, Wn. 98105. 523-2458. OREGON OFFICE OF ENERGY CONSERVATION AND ALLOCATION. 255 Church street N. E. Salem, Or. 97310. Toll free number l-800-452-0340. Currently working on the ''undrive" campaign, distributing bumber stickers, etc. Conservation Program for State agencies: development of programs for energy use auditing, recycling etc. Energy Information resource file being developed; especially designed for use by state legislators. Contact: Julie Seltz. see also Agriculture-Food, Audio-visual €NGINEERING ) PELTON WHEEL A pelton wh... ;. a p,_.,. turbine which runs off a aravity water system. There is a rotor with· cu.. ftenly speced around the rim Inside the pelton wheel. Each cup ha a ridge in its center iilnd a jet nozzle di,.cts a high p,.....,. .stream of water on this ridge to glvtl the wh•l its speed and power. Pound for pound a pelton wheel is much more powerful then an electric motor. It tak" about a ~60 foot head. or fall, for best efficiency, !Jut will -rata·on 1-. Q-1CTION The Great Boom and Panic Patterson, Robert T. ) America's Great Depression and the Panic of 1819 Rothbard, Murray N. ABSOLUTELY MAD INVENTIONS, A. E. Brown and H. A. Jeffcott, Jr. Inventionszany, absurd, hilarious, useless or merely fanciful-all of which have been granted patents by. the Untted States Patent Office. An edible tie pin, a balloon propell~d by eagles and vultures, and a locket to hold used chewing gum, are but three of the p.roposed devices, all illustrated with the inventors' drawings and descripti'ons. 57 full-page illustrations. Formerly Beware of Imitations. 125pp. 22596-6 Paperbd. $1.50 dover publications {fuTURES OREGON TOMORROW. ) A conference on trend and opinion. Sponsered by Futures Research Instittute. Portland State University. PO Box 751. Portland, Or. 97207. April 4-7, 1974. Background~· Also included i&a'S for the United States Bicentennial Decade by Robert U. Lamson. National Science Foundation. The California Tomorrow Plan by Alfred Heller, Los Altos, Ca. William Kaufman, Inc. 120 pp. 1972. $2. 50. Developed by California Tomorrow. see also Participation @AMES ) NEW GAMES TOURNMENT. New games Foundation. PO Box 40547. San Francisco, Ca. 94110. The tournment was staged in the Marian headlands on two consecutive weekends in October, 1973. It brought together games inventors, educato.rs, authors, children, a traveling commune, the military, a citizens band radio group, land ,.( OCTOBER, 1974 acquisition and management personnel, social crusaders, and people out to have fun. see also Air (GEOLOGY NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY Charles Larson 13402 NE Clark Rd. Vancouver, WN. 98665 695-4143 ) "Oil Shale" Ore Bin. August, 1974 Entire issue. see also GUIDES page 15 (Govt;RNMENT ) see also Grants ) LEWIS AND CLARK SCHOOL OF LAW has been awarded a substantial seed money grant by the Lewis W. and Maud Hill Foundation in St. Paul, Minn. , to establish the Natural Resources Law Institute over a three year period, The Institute will focus on three areas: the research of law as it affects natural resource legislation, community education and curriculum development. For further information contact Jeff Foote, 2446161, X 545. "Large Scale Interdisciplinary Research Management" National Science Foundation $350,000 Donald E. Bevan Ins.titute for Environmental Studies l5niversity of Washington
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