Off the Grid in Hawaii

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Off the Grid in Hawaii
"...I'm sure there are some property owners in the Royal Gardens who would LOVE to sell you some real estate. Unfortunately, most of it got covered by the lava flow twenty some years ago. There are scattered houses standing -- yes they are off the grid and yes you would have to hike to them because there is no other way to get there except by helicopter...."
Reference: www.city-data.com/forum/hawaii/

Cape Wind Can Start Leading the Way for Offshore Wind Power

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Cape Wind Can Start Leading the Way for Offshore Wind Power
"...homeowners and vacationers in Nantucket Sound will be saying the same thing in a few years. Last week, the Cape Wind project cleared its last environmental review. There is one more step before Cape Wind can start construction and begin repowering thousands of homes on Cape Cod with clean energy...."
Reference:http://www.capewind.org/

Ultralife Achieves Key Technology Milestone: A Hydrogen Fuel-cell Battery Charger with Rechargeable Fuel Supply—Just Add Water

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Ultralife Achieves Key Technology Milestone: A Hydrogen Fuel-cell Battery Charger with Rechargeable Fuel Supply—Just Add Water
"...MRC-201 fuel-cell charger runs on cartridges that contain sodium borohydride which, when mixed with water, generate hydrogen which, when consumed by the fuel cell, generates electricity. The cartridges, once expended, can be reconstituted, in effect creating a renewable fuel resource...."
Reference: www.ultralifebatteries.com

Photovoltaics Design and Installation Manual

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Photovoltaics Design and Installation Manual
"...comprehensive manual on the design and installation of PV systems. Written by Solar Energy International. Used worldwide as the textbook in PV Design & Installation Workshops...."
Reference: www.renewableenergyworld.com

Solar Bus - The Massive Environmentally-Friendly Vehicle

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Solar Bus - The Massive Environmentally-Friendly Vehicle
"...Mr. Beckwith snatched up a 1982 Crown school bus, tore out the upholstery, poured some vegetable oil and biodiesel fuel in it, latched on some solar panels, and painted it..."
Reference: www.bootsontheroof.com

Off the grid: 10 places to totally unplug

Do you get the shakes if you can’t see your BlackBerry? This is for you ...
Off the grid: 10 places to totally unplug
"...from a wireless-free zone on a Mexican beach to a solar-powered lodge in Africa to a tree house on Vancouver Island —..."
Reference: www.msnbc.msn.com

Have you read the off-the-grid produced manifesto of Ted Kaczynski?

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Industrial Society and Its Future
by Theodore Kaczynski
"...The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in "advanced" countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world...."
Reference: en.wikisource.org

The simple life: Vietnam vet hopes to build an off-the-grid farming community in Hillsboro

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The simple life: Vietnam vet hopes to build an off-the-grid farming community in Hillsboro
"...he is putting out a call for people interested in joining him on his horse-powered off-the-grid farm, for people interested in supporting the farm through relationships with the urban poor; not for people who feel things are sound in this country, but for people who — as one of Smith’s favorite quotes, which comes from a Richard Austin book, “Reclaiming America, Restoring Nature to Culture,” says — “will ease the pain of others by sharing.”..."
Reference: www.lacrossetribune.com

Solar-power industry remains hot in California

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Solar-power industry remains hot in California
"...The amount of electricity generated in the state by solar energy soared in 2008, and applications for rebates under the state's Million Solar Roofs program reached record levels in the last five months of the year. ..."
Reference: www.mercurynews.com