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It’s hard to say when and where dehydrating food started, but it has a long history. The production of salt cod (fish) goes back at least 500 years. Indians in the “New World” were known to make jerky from venison ...

More large corporations have decided that the electric power grid is unreliable and are planning to unplug from it and generate their own electricity. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed a story that Off the Grid News previously reported – ...

Installing a solar electric power system can dramatically cut or even eliminate your electric bills, say owners of such systems. News stories from around the United States and Canada this year show how people in all walks of life have ...

Developing solar air conditioning has long been the holy grail of solar energy scientists and engineers the world over. In a sense, they are a perfect match. Air conditioning is needed the most when the sun is the strongest and ...

October 9, 2013 I built a scaled down basin type solar still recently to create drinking water from surface or sea water. I’ve now solved some problems that I had with it. Here’s what I changed and some results. From ...

Roscoe Bartlett, one of the longest serving Congressmen in history, has ditched his suit and tie and opted for an off grid existence. The former Maryland Republican Representative is now living somewhere in the vast wilderness and mountains of West ...

October 8, 2013 My homemade solar still. Shallow basin design of 3 square feet of water surface area. It’s a work in progress but it’s very functional. Video courtesy of CrypticCRICKET Previous Video

October 7, 2013 NMSU Assoc. Professor Kenny Stevens talks about homemade solar water distillers, which use evaporation and condensation to purify water. These distillers are effective, safe, and cheap. They are ideal for disaster situations, such as floods, where water ...

October 3, 2013 In case you were not aware: The U.S. Government is gearing up for a major Preparedness Drill that will simulate a Grid Down Scenario, one that will examine what would happen if the county’s electric grid was ...

Everyone agrees that water is needed for survival and articles abound for how to find water and purify it for drinking. But all those articles have one thing in common: They are talking about purifying water from biological hazards. Normally, ...