For years scientists and government officials have told us the earth is warming, and the mainstream media has fallen in line, castigating and even laughing at anyone who suggests otherwise. But there’s a growing body of thought that the general ...
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How To Keep The Milk Cold And The House Warm In A Power Outage
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series. Next installment: Long-term power outages. Electrical power outages are becoming more and more common. With the condition of our aging electrical grid, this really shouldn’t come as much of a ...
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There are a lot of unique and interesting ways for inventive and imaginative folks to heat and cool their off-the-grid homes. One method that is beginning to make a bigger splash is the heat pump, which works by transporting heat ...
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Thankfully, the dog days of summer are almost over now, as the temperatures in most places are finally starting to moderate into the range of the tolerable. The summer of 2012 has been the hottest we have seen in quite ...
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The sun is truly an eternal presence in our sky, its tides of life-giving heat and light washing across the surface of our small blue planet each and every day. Starlight literally permeates every fiber of our beings, and without ...
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