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I would also go with the '90's Taurus, we drive a 99 with 165K that gets 23 mpg. There are several very good forums on-line for repair help. I have been able to do quite a lot of the work on it my self. Not that Taurus's are prone to break down allot, but, my wife is very rough on the car...

Yes, that is what I had thought, scale. It would not make any sense to go to the expanse of building a system capable of producing enough methane to supply all your needs if your system out strips you supply of material for the digester. But, keep in mind that if you are trying to be self...

Hello MV, and welcome I have to ask, can you clarify why you do not consider building a small scale digester feasible? What criteria did you use to evaluate your systems? I do not ask to call your statement false, but, since there is no question these devices work I am curious why the question...

Marianne wrote: Ed Nigma, do you have your pamplet online somewhere? I do not have the document on line (not sure how). On the advice of a fellow novice I saved it as a JPEG and uploaded it to this site. It is formatted as a pamplet so keep this in mind when reading it...

This is a valid concern not only because the "MAN" considers rain water harvesting as interfering with the water shed, but, your NIMBY neighbors will complain about rain barrels. Many communities will allow rain barrels if they are out of sight, but, a 55 gal drum is hardly enough to water your...

I'm not certain how to post this, but, I have written a pamphlet on rain water harvesting and would be more than happy to freely share this information with anyone interested. Also, having built a system, I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

You might want to check out this link http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/MethaneDigesters/MD1.html The system he built is expensive, but, the detail he goes into enabled me to build a scaled down system. How I used mine to produce concentrated nutrients for my kitchen garden and did...

We did not except the house to be livable when we bought the land. Tried to save it as a workshop/storage shed, but, after developing a very severe lean we had to remove it. We moved a mobile home on the place to live in util we could build a small house a few years latter. Those first years...

Looks a lot like our place when we moved in 10 years ago, only the house did not survive. Same size too, we are on 1 1/4 acres.

Only a member for a few days and already I've learns something practical and frugal that I can use right away. I would not had thought to reuse the wash water to wash our rags, we have reused rinse water. Question: did you need to add additional soap when doing the rags? You might consider...

I'll give you a general outline. My notes in storage and I will not be able to get to them until next week. The system (called the Hydro-Sol) came out of my research into finding alternative methods to store solar power. I use thermal solar power to heat water to a roughly 10 degrees below...

Not that this is the right thread to discuss this (or maybe it is??) , but, I would be interested in whether the device is a true fuel cell or what was called a hydrogen generator. The latter does not require such costly components and, as I have done, operate on solar power.

I have been harvesting rain water for two years how. I haven't found a non-additive way to keep the algae out yet. I tried aeration and agitation, the algae loved it. I tried covering the storage tank with a heavy tarp to keep light out and got a different color algae. So I built a large sand...