Archive for the 'Cost: Medium' Category
(Chronologically Listed)
- Warmth and Happiness and Light |
Posted by e4 on Feb 01 2008
...at least in a hypothetical sense. The more involved I get in gardening - specifically food-oriented gardening - the more I yearn for a small greenhouse. Or at least some good cold frames. I even scouted out what kind of materials my dream greenhouse would be made from, drawn up plans, ...
- Oil worries? Make your own! |
Posted by e4 on Jan 09 2008
Here's an interesting device for your peak oil wish-list: A home-scale oil press. It's made in The Netherlands, and it'll set you back about 100 euros ($142 as of today), including shipping. Using a hand crank and a small lamp oil heat source, you can turn a wide variety ...
- Pedal Power! |
Posted by e4 on Jan 03 2008
David Butcher is a man on a mission. He built a pedal-power generator, with a huge particleboard flywheel for maximum efficiency. His design has powered electric items such as a television, a washing machine, and a bread machine. But he's also able to use it for tasks suited to direct ...
- Super-efficient “chest fridge” (with pictures) |
Posted by e4 on Dec 19 2007
Okay, since this keeps coming up, I thought I'd explain how we converted an old chest freezer into an amazingly efficient refrigerator. Now just to be clear, this was not my idea originally. I can take zero credit for any part of this concept. I'm just following in the footsteps ...
- The post-peak laptop? |
Posted by e4 on Dec 13 2007
If you're reading this, you're obviously using a computer of some sort. Have you ever thought about what a computer might look like in a low-energy world? Nicholas Negroponte has. He's the man behind One Laptop per Child. His idea was to provide cheap, durable laptops to children in third-world countries, ...