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Disaster planning should be part of every single household across America, strike that, the world. When disaster strikes, people die or lives are changed. In times of plenty, forego the Playstations and buy extra food. You can explain a lack of toys better than a lack of food to your children.
Three years ago, our home caught fire. I spent time in intensive care and almost died, thus I know from whence I speak.
As we go into our third season of "This Old Shack", disaster planning and survival episodes become more important. After all, that's what alternative energy is - the ability for you to survive without an infrastructure. All of our episodes of This Old Shack and our new show, "CSI:SALINE" will reflect this in 2009. Oh, of course there's going to be laughs and beer drinking - this survival crap is depressing to think about.
So, practice your fire drills with the crumbcrunchers, practice evacuating yourselves, your pets, your neighbors. Learn how to use a fire extinguisher. And watch our videos!
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But why solar power?
There were several reasons for the switch:
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Sprinkle of rain = power failure.
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Giving a little back by not using so much.
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Independent living.
Benefits:
- Renewable power.
- Learning about solar power.
- Own stock in the solar panel company. :-)
- I like batteries.
- I can sit around smoking a cigar because I'm an energy mogul!
Drawbacks:
- Maintenance.
- Installation.
- Bunch of black glass panels sitting around.
Northern Michigan Solar CabinOfficial home of "This Old Shack"Learn about alternative energy, hybrid systems and watch pointless videos! Updated:09/20/2009 It's
winter time here in Michigan and the cabin is inaccessible because of the deep
snow in northern Michigan. So while we're taking some time off, you can browse
the site or visit some of our other sites. If you
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| Peukerts formula explained | Input your data for Peukerts formula | Sierra Nevada Airstreams battery bank information. |
Energy News FeedsLatest Diary entry:
4-16-09: The first episode of "This Old Shack" is being shot this weekend. Don't ask me why, but I've recently become interested in studying earthquake/volcano activity around the world; ash plumes and such. I've added a page with RSS feeds and links to satellite imagery. And finally the data you've been looking for, excerpts from the NREL redbook! The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released their datasets for the climate. Carbon Dioxide map here. Spring weather outlook here.
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