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Home energy efficiency is vital to the success of any off-the-grid homesteading project. When you try to make a go of it without the phony sense of dependability offered by your local utility company, power resources become so precious that ...

In the blistering heat of summer, the last place you or anyone else wants to be is in the kitchen cooking. Standing in front of a hot oven or stove top isn’t much fun in the best of circumstances, but ...

From the standpoint of preppers and off-the-gridders, wise and careful use of energy is an imperative. There are no two ways about it: If you are attempting to make a go of it as an independent homesteader, energy efficiency and ...

“Is it hot enough for you, yet?” Chances are you’ve been asked that a few times already this summer. At first you probably just smiled and nodded your head, or made some lame joke about how everyone talks about the ...

America is a land of enquiring minds, and alternative energy is one area that evokes a lot of curiosity. These technologies sound good in theory, but we have been hearing for a long time about “the coming solar revolution” or ...

What if we had a revolution and nobody came? This is a question that companies selling structural insulated panels, or SIPs, must be asking themselves every day. Here we have a building product that has in fact radically revolutionized residential ...

Conventional building materials are just fine for many people. But for off-the-gridders who must be conscious of their budgets and their energy usage at every step along the path, the situation is more complex. If you have decided to pursue ...

Much of the attention that wind energy is receiving these days is focused on large-scale wind farms and their potential to supplement the fossil-fuel offerings of the power grid. Wind farms are intrusive additions to the landscape and are controversial ...

Has anyone ever written an ode to batteries? If so, we can be pretty sure the aspiring poet who did so was an alternative energy enthusiast who discovered firsthand how absolutely essential it is to have a well-supplied battery bank ...

June 3, 2013 On the classic television show Star Trek, the starship Enterprise had a disturbing habit of losing power at the most inopportune of times. When your ship is being chased through interstellar space by a Klingon warbird or ...