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October 5th, 2015 Video courtesy of Van Prepper This video demonstrates how to make your own emergency heater for crisis, winter car prep, or anything else. The total cost of materials for this heater was less than $5. Thanks for watching. ...

August 31st, 2015 Convert a junk TV into a 2000ºF solar cooker. Here’s a technique for hacking a 4 foot mega magnifying lens out of your old TV, and some of the things you can do with it! Video courtesy ...

August 3rd, 2015 How to make a simple backyard foundry for less than $20, for melting pop cans, and casting aluminum. Video courtesy of King Of Random Discover the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle today! ...

Our society has grown increasingly dependent on the grid, and many people have taken to creating their own homestead to counter this. It can be daunting physically and financially, though. Some homesteads use anywhere from five to 10 acres of ...

July 6th, 2015 At first it might sound ludicrous: Why would companies work together to keep innovations away from the marketplace?   Video courtesy of Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know   Moral Capitalism makes the case for a virtuous ...

May 25th, 2015 The first of The Planetary Society’s two LightSail spacecraft will ride to space aboard an Atlas V rocket in May 2015. The mission is a shakedown cruise designed to test out the CubeSat’s critical systems. In 2016, ...

Obama Administration EPA policies are driving up the cost of electricity in many parts of the United States, as power companies building multi-million and billion dollar facilities pass on the cost to customers. Electric bills are rising because strict new ...

March 9th, 2015 “… The Wall Street Journal’s energy reporter Rebecca Smith wrote an article highlighting the risk to the U.S. power grid if only nine of the country’s 55,000 electric substations were to be knocked out by terrorists during ...

Despite all the conveniences of modern society, many of us still “burn the candle at both ends” and are tired much of the time. Our electronic gadgets tend to keep us awake at odd hours, and especially during the shorter ...

With the cold season here and shorter days now the norm, many of us are considering alternative ways to heat our homes and save on energy costs this winter. Although modern homes are usually designed to accommodate central heating and ...