Posted on 01/03/2015 3:37:59 PM PST by knarf
Do you need a system that pays for itself or do you need a system that runs when other systems suddenly break down due to war or national catastrophe? If your system runs when macro systems have collapsed, has not your system suddenly paid for itself?
Another words isn’t the intrinsic cost of self sufficiency
priceless?
Perhaps you might never get back the full cost of a power system in terms of today’s fiat money economies. Consider what you do get back when these fiat money schemes break down!
Two ideas not mentioned: Out door wood furnace either the hot water type or the hot air type so that your fire and smoke are kept outside. If you stick with electric heat, consider geothermal (Trenches are usually cheaper than wells) which would cut your electric usage by half all the way up to 90 percent.
"Ceterum censeo 0bama esse delendam."
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
You are already living in a teepee for all the insulation that’s probably in that mobile home. Insulation should be step one in getting the electric bill down.
I said 100% efficient, not 100.00000000% efficient. I’m talking about real world measurement, not theoretical values.
Cheers!
(No, I haven't tried it., But I'm about to)
Thank you very much...I’ll look into this.
CW
LOVE it .... thanx
Yes, If coal was readily available, that’s what I would concentrate on. In fact, there was a website a couple of years ago you could by a small unit( maybe 10x10x 12 ft tall) that you could have on your own property. Hitler ran his whole war on coal and did pretty darn good with it. My dad flew B-24’s to Ploesti to blow up the oil refineries, but stopping coal was much tougher. There is no doubt coal could supply all your needs with some land and some automation to feed the plant.
I read a story a while back about a woman who asked her elderly grandmother “What is the greatest technological advance you’ve seen in your lifetime?”.
She expected the answer to be something along the lines of “television” or “space travel”.
Rather, it was “hot running water”.
Do you have any idea if a two-burner Ammo Can Rocket Stove is practical, or is it essential to use the length of the can to get the fuel feed chamber to work right?
I think it could done, but I wanted plenty of room for a large pot or skillet. One thing I use it for is to heat wash water when I am camping. Cheap and I can easily heats up enough water to wash the breakfast dishes and some to shave and wash up a bit and not use my propane stove.
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