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Off-Grid 101

10 ways to beat the Depression of 2008


This is what to expect
Off-gridder Lamar has researched the great depression and “gleaned much info from my parents that lived through it” to come up with some useful tips for what, thanks to our great leaders in Washington and New York, will be some real tough times:

1. Don’t worry that your savings and checking account will disappear. FDIC banks are guaranteed for $100.000 per person.

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Land

The Goldman Sachs eco-system

Millionaires are snapping up billions of acres – entire eco-systems – to feed their ennui – should we be pleased or angry?

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Spirit

Autobiogeographies

Social mapping and mashups are the next big thing. There are civil liberties worries, but the power of the GPS to find people like you wherever you go is too great to ignore.

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How to make an eco-billion

Property billionaire Vincent Tchenguiz is investing hundreds of millions in environmental businesses. He isn’t doing it for charity.

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Home Depot’s solar deal spurned on net.

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Reputational issues

BP Solar this week tried to take us a step closer to mass-market off-grid living. The solar energy giant announced the availability of its home Solar kits through Home Depot stores in the metropolitan Denver and Boulder, Colorado, areas. The program enables customers to purchase complete, installed solar electric home power systems. Problem is, the notoriously bad service at Home Depot will deter many thousands of potential customers.

The service offers a licensed solar professional who visits you at home to assess your electricity needs and give a free consultation but the net is crawling with complaints about the outside experts provided by Home Depot.

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Off-Grid 101

Your own machine shop

The links you need to build your own multi-machine, and here’s why you might need to do it.

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Energy

Green Gadgets of 2008

Apple
Even Apples may turn green

You might think the very idea of green gadgets is self defeating. After all its just more consumption, right?

Wrong

The best kind of green gadgets

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Its the environment, stupid

Dan Ramsey
Ramsey – Idiot

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Solar Power for Your Home (second edition) by Dan Ramsey with David Hughes

What is it?

One of the latest in the popular Idiot’s Guide series (published by Penguin Group) helps readers understand the basics of solar power and other renewable energy sources, determine if solar power is an option for them, and investigate what’s involved with installing various on- and off-grid systems.

How’s it work?

Organized in easy-to-understand chapters, the book discusses: Advantages and disadvantages along with costs and benefits of solar power.

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Land

25 miles from Tucson

20 acres and a satellite internet mean this couple can live and work the way they want.

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People

Architecture for eco-towns

Feature Factory’s off-grid designs would be ideal for the new eco-towns being planned by Gordon Brown

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