Archives for Energy
Harnessing Well Water For A Free, Low-Tech Refrigeration Source
Many homesteaders and other people that choose to set up households in remote areas quickly realize that transmitted electricity is a premium resource, if not completely unavailable in some particularly…
Build Your Own Low-Tech Solar Box Cooker
In a world with expensive high tech solar cells capable of converting the sun's energy into convenient electricity, we often forget that the sun's energy is already in the perfect…
Gathering Low Cost Firewood
Fireplaces and wood stoves are more efficient with each new decade. Heatilators, inserts, blowers, and a host of heating bells and whistles have rekindled the desirability of wood heat. Today,…
Safe Home Fuel Storage: Fuel Types & Methods
Home storage of fuel is a necessity for homesteaders. Even if you are still on the grid, your truck, tractor, standby generator, etc. will still require fuel. I intend to…