Wind Energy

Hahaha, talk about about being prepared. I know a guy a who's building a methane digester right now. He owns a couple of donkeys.

 

On one hand, I want to watch this show. On the other, I think I will realize how unprepared I am and start freaking out.

The bigger problem is that 'society' thinks that they aren't 'normal'. They are the normal ones, we are the unprepared idiots.

I'm sitting here in my cookie cutter, HOA, typical suburb track house that has a furnace problem and it is 46 degrees inside now... My solar thermal greenhouse can get up to 125 degrees when it is sunny here. And I could use a few twigs and branches in the fireplace, or a wind turbine or solar panels along with batteries to heat a home like this:

My small solar thermal stuff only raises my interior temperature 2 degrees even with the warm breeze, but a well designed system and a very well insulated house like that or this:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ukn...er-in-Cornwall-converted-to-holiday-home.html

It would do much better in the winter, and could then be changed to have mirrors that would reflect heat in the summer.

Maybe you live in the Southwest US or in a desert type of environment. Instead of cheap 2x4 walls with drywall and a little insulation, maybe this type of house would work better:


12" or so of compacted dirt/concrete mix. It looks good, and will stay cool during the day, especially if steps are taken to keep it shaded. And it can be warmed easily during the cooler winter months.

But nope, people thinking that $300/month heating and cooling bills are 'normal' is the way to go.

 

I should also add that with all the tornadoes around here, and the cities that have been hit hard by them year after year... A house with dirt walls is much better to be in.