Getting Green Off The Grid

They’re offering for $7 a CD full of PDFs from their library. I’m going to order it and report my findings.
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Considering that it takes 1.8 tons of material to make a brand new PC, every little step towards reducing that number is worthwhile. As the technology becomes obsolete, it can be recycled or reused as something else.
Cardboard PC Case
DIY PC enthusiasts should have gotten wind of this environmentally friendly, recyclable PC case […]

I haven’t been able to find any updates on this article, but I’m most interested to see if they met their goals.
Off-Grid College and Retirement Community in the Works
A small group of families have gone together to purchase 20 acres of a decommissioned radar base on the thumb of Michigan. It is being converted into […]

A reader wrote in to say that I had disappearing text on this site. I have not noticed this. Has anyone else noticed it? I’d like to fix it if it’s a recurring problem.

I had to change the permalink format. It now has index.php in front of it, so if you were linking to this:
http://www.gridlink.net/archives/63
You should now link to this:
http://www.gridlink.net/index.php/archives/63
Sorry for the inconvenience.

The power of the ocean could be another way for coastal cities to unplug from the grid. While this wouldn’t be practical for powering just a house, a city or county that’s off the grid is more self-sufficient and less prone to problems caused by the grid.
BBC NEWS | UK | Bobbing corks ‘could […]

The best way to keep the power from going out is to make your own. This article is in response to the power problems that California has experienced in recent years.
Wired News: Time to Escape From the Grid?

This is an interesting way to clean up pollution. The walls actually eat the soot.
Germ-wary Japanese fuel new ‘green’ technology
The substance acts as a photocatalyst, using light and oxygen to break down organic compounds and producing carbon dioxide and water — the reverse of photosynthesis in which plants use light to produce organic matter […]

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Convert your engine to run SVO - straight vegetable oil.
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