Alternative Energy & Power Sources

Survival situations without any sort of energy become even more difficult.  In a long term survival situation or when trying to live off the grid it becomes nearly impossible if not unbearable.

Below we discuss various ways to covert mother nature into energy and how to make the elements work for you.

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Solar Power - An Intro

Solar power is a key component to any off the grid survival plan. It is important to know the basics of building your own solar power facility before you get too deep into your project. While there are many advantages, there are also some drawbacks to solar power that you need to be aware of.

The Basics of Solar Power

Solar power obviously comes from the sun, and the homeowner needs a way to collect and harness that energy into electricity in order to power lights and appliances. Because solar is also an "intermittent" power source, meaning it doesn't work all the time (due to nighttime), you need a way to store the energy that is collected.

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Posted by TheDude Jun 21, 2011

Residential Wind Turbines / Wind Power - An Intro

Wind Power and Wind Turbines

T. Boone Pickens had it wrong, at least his wind power proposal was wrong. His Pickens Plan amounted to vast wind farms spread across the wind corridor from the Dakotas to Texas to generate power for the nation and natural gas to power everything else. He is still proposing natural gas as a transportation fuel but has postponed plans to develop the wind farms.

The reason he gives? He is waiting to find an American manufacturer for the wind turbines and the Nation's grid is not prepared to handle the power his plan will generate. His plan when fully implemented would require a total renewal and revamping of the grid system. Add any of this cost to his plan and it doesn't even come close to profitability.The answer to this problem is the same as it's always been, but instead of power to the people , it's power from the people.

 

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