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When most people think of emergency power, they usually think of gasoline, propane or diesel generators. While generators make a lot of sense in an emergency situation, they do have some tactical downsides. First of all, most generators are relatively ...

Puerto Rico has become “generator island,” as most residents of the commonwealth still lack electricity, running water and healthcare nearly a month after Hurricane Maria. The New York Times painted a grim picture of life on the island. “Because of ...

Perhaps you have been searching for the perfect alternative housing option. You desire something that produces a very small footprint and gets you as close to the natural world around you as possible. Has tent living crossed your mind? After ...

There’s a lot of great information available for surviving when society ends as we know it. Much of the guidance, however, deals with using modern technology and conveniences to survive long term. This makes sense, because modern technology makes life ...

With the usual wave of winter ice storms setting in, many people have decided to prepare, trying alternative energy or purchasing power generation devices. Let’s face it: No one wants to be at home freezing in the dark when a ...

Power failures are so common across the aging American electrical gird that it’s a good idea to plan for their eventuality. Even if the duration of the power failure is short (as most are), there is an inconvenience factor with ...

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 ...

Maybe you’ve heard this before, but then again maybe you haven’t: it is actually possible to generate usable electrical energy by riding a bicycle. Not by simply riding it out in the street, of course, but indoors, suspended on a ...