People have always looked for alternative ways to generate electricity in order to power their homes. It becomes especially urgent whenever the price of electricity begins to go up sharply, as it has in recent years. One thing that many people look toward is wind power but unfortunately, many people have been unable to use this type of natural power on a small, household level.
by Beth L, on November 29 2008 @ 7:58 pm
Is it possible to power your home using wind power and methane gas from your septic tank?
by cantankerousoldlady, on November 30 2008 @ 1:00 am
i dont know but what a good idea ! Gives new meaning to the phrase, "turn up the gas honey" lol.
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by lois d, on November 30 2008 @ 1:02 am
should not try until it is tested, are you going to be the first.
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by kittywink, on November 30 2008 @ 1:04 am
a totally great idea Beth. Check into it for us.
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by mrs.c r.dos santos aviero, on November 30 2008 @ 1:06 am
yes its possible if their is any means that would help to change the mechanical energy to electrical energy ………..
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by Mohammed R, on November 30 2008 @ 1:08 am
It sure is possible. The question is, is it cost effective?
Unless you live a windy area, chances are the payback period will be somewhat long.
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by badbill1941, on November 30 2008 @ 1:10 am
I don't know about the methane gas, but the wind power theory sounds good.
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by byderule, on November 30 2008 @ 1:12 am
BIODIGESTER
sure is make a bio digester ,it makes a clean gas that has no smell whatever and is not that expensive to make, a closed sistern with some pipes going in ,and a pipe leading to the kitchen
have lots of parties and people for dinner ,so that you will have a lot of gas
you can even make one from animal manure ,
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to lois these kind of things have been in operation in isolated places in Australia for many years ,well tested and well documented under biodigesters on the internet and in Permaculture circles or alternative energies.
POWER
put some propellers on the roof ,include some solar panels incase there is not much wind
change all you equipment to 12 volts
there are many people in Earthships ¨that are totally autosuficient ,you may have to adjust your life a little ,but it is great to be independent and you can live way in the sticks ,
so there also will be plenty of space to grow the bulk of your food
for a complete package on how to put this kind of world together read about Permaculture
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the Permaculture designers manual by Bill Mollison,which cost about 40 dollars.
and is the best all round book you can get.(tagiari publishing, tagariadmin@southcom.com.au)
some other writers that are on the internet are
david Holmgren
Larry Santoyo
Kirk Hanson
Masanobu Fukuaka has written ,
One-Straw Revolution
The Road Back to Nature
The Natural Way of Farming
http://www.context.org/iclib/ic14/fukuok...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/masanobu_fu...
Simon Henderson
and Bill Molisson.
a representitive of the concept in USA is
Dan Hemenway at YankeePerm@aol.com
barkingfrogspc@aol.com
http://barkingfrogspc.tripod.com/frames….
http://csf.colorado.edu/perma/ypc_catalo... Source(s) I am a permaculture consultant for the department of Ecology for the regional government of Guerrero in Mexico
rbyderule yahoo 360, which has some stuff in English as well as this spaces
http://spaces.msn.com/byderule