Getting Green Off The Grid

Yay.
Winston-Salem Journal | Off the Grid: More homeowners, mostly in the West, ditching commercial power

Owners of about 250 homes in the Three Rivers community near this Central Oregon lake are far from homesteading or camping out. But they are among a growing number of Americans who shun power lines, choosing to live “off the grid,” […]

Fascinating. Especially the part about cooking birds.
SPACE.com — Solar Power From Space: A Better Strategy for America and the World?

The basic idea: build huge satellites in Earth orbit to gather sunlight, convert it to electricity, and beam the energy to Earth using microwaves. We know we can do it, most satellites are powered by […]