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This is going to be a bit long so I may break it up a little. I grew up in rural areas and for much of my life I actually grew up quite poor. This was a good thing though as I learned to live without and I had to learn how to survive a very much self sufficient life. We gardened, preserved...

Many on here have already figured out that what you see is just the beginning of our future reality. It is never coming back. Our future is to live in a super depression for the rest of our lives. It is not completely here today, but we are on the downward slide and the bottom is were we will...

Most people do not know this, but if you have a direct air intake to your stove from out side you can double the efficiency of your stove. The stove itself will not be anymore efficient, but the drawing of cold air through the cracks in your home will be all but eliminated. When you fire up...

I am on a chat line with my little brother right now and we are discussing this. He said the only cost would be having the system charged when done and that is only like $150. So the cost of doing it is not an issue. He suggested using a built in as they are are already designed for that type of...

I have an idea but I need to know if the cost of conversion would be worth it. What I would like to do is separate all of the workings of the refrigerator from the body. Locate those in a near by mechanical room and pipe back into the refrigerator. The idea is to isolate the heat of operating...

Have you ever thought about making rigid window covers? Use pink or blue rigid foam insulation that you find at any box store. Cut to window size and cover with a cloth "pillow case". I would use 2" thick foam and would make the covers in half window sizes. This way you could uncover half the...

This is for people who don't have air conditioning and for those that want to lower their air conditioning bills. Soak your roof with water several times a day during hot days. The evaporation of the water will cool your house down as much as 10 degrees. You could install a couple sprinklers on...