Get stingy, collect some free energy and join the off grid living bunch.But listen to this, the price of solar is about to take a nose dive. If you’ve surfed the web lately, you’ve probably watched the excitement over coming cheap thin film solar technology. In either case, the prediction is that in late 2009 to 2011, thin film solar cells will start their decline to 0.80 cents with 5 years or sooner. Hey that's below a dollar a watt. That's definitely gonna slam the price of coal. With those kind of prices, going green will be easier. In fact it’ll not be too long before the shingles on your roof will catch the sun, turning the light into a solar power generator. Think of it, your roof with designer shingles generating electricity. Back to your diy bent. There’s a lot of excellent how-to resources for the scratch construction of complete solar power systems for homes. Most are designed by people who put a system together and wrote about how they did it. For a ton of resources jump over to the energy stuff. You'll be amazed at what's available.
An idea that tickles my fancy is using solar to distill ethyl alcohol for fuel. If you want to know more about ethyl alcohol, ethanol, and stuff like that, check out fill your tank with &1.00 a gallon fuel; less than that if you use solar - free energy. Hey, I could even construct a decent solar energy system with his material. Crystal clear instructions and excellent illustrations are a hall mark of his work. As a matter of fact, he’s been catching free solar energy for years. However, if you’d rather let someone else do the cut and paste thing, there’s excellent solar kits available you can install right now. By the way, here's an excellent system that fits hand and glove with your off grid solar/wind power sources. Sun Frost Refrigerators. Check em out. Links:  Custom Search
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