02-18-2004, 03:53 PM
I uh, mostly use wood of all things for cooking. I have a wood burning stove, oven, and water heater. Also have wood burning vault stoves for heat. I have electric ovens. I use them occasionally. I have a microwave. It's small. I am finally starting to like the dad blasted thing. I have a kitchen full of electric doodads that I barely use. I like mixing stuff with spoons I guess. I have an electric heat pump and ac on both the house and the barn. And yes, the barn needs it. I have several freezers and a couple of fridges. Those are prolly the worst in terms of drain.
As far as I know there is nothing stopping me from doing what I like to my creeks. If I were to damn one of them, I think it would be just fine, as several of them end on my property dumping into a large pond, which trickles off as another creek.
Hydro does not seem that complicated. It's that whatsitcalled, archimedes screw or something like that right? Water makes it spin, causes friction, which causes sparking. Something like that. Seems that if I were to channel and funnel the water, where a large mass of water was forced into a small space, I could increase the pressure. I forget what that's called. Turgur pressure or something I think. I could be wrong and probably am. I know just enough about science to give me some very dangerous and misguided ideas :P
The solar panels and wind screws seem like a logical compliment to one another. It's either sunny and burning hot here, or, it's cloudy, raining, and near tornado like conditions in the summer, which is about 8 or 9 months out of the year. Thunderstorms blow over constantly. So, with the solar, the moment the suns out, the wind picks up, storms a bit, blows like hell and would feed the air screws.
If I wanted to manipulate nature to make more wind, does anybody think it's possible? This morning as I milked the goats, I thought about Wind Alley. It's a flat area between two trees. Pond at one end, hill at the other. If I wanted more hot air rising, thus, causing more breeze, could I make it so? What if I was to cover the ground with dark black or just dark coloured rocks. Dark gravel. Sun would shine, they would collect more heat then just dirt and grass wouldn't they? That energy would rise in the form of hot air and get channeled down the alley and up the hill. Would it be a substantial enough boost I wonder to make a noticeable difference? Same sort of prinicipal as the hydro electric idea. Create a steady moving wind river, refine and channel it for the most effect. The rocks could perhaps serve a second function as well, maybe forming some sort of Zen Garden. Toss in a couple of white rocks here and there. For art's sake. None of this is any good if it makes the land ugly.
As far as I know there is nothing stopping me from doing what I like to my creeks. If I were to damn one of them, I think it would be just fine, as several of them end on my property dumping into a large pond, which trickles off as another creek.
Hydro does not seem that complicated. It's that whatsitcalled, archimedes screw or something like that right? Water makes it spin, causes friction, which causes sparking. Something like that. Seems that if I were to channel and funnel the water, where a large mass of water was forced into a small space, I could increase the pressure. I forget what that's called. Turgur pressure or something I think. I could be wrong and probably am. I know just enough about science to give me some very dangerous and misguided ideas :P
The solar panels and wind screws seem like a logical compliment to one another. It's either sunny and burning hot here, or, it's cloudy, raining, and near tornado like conditions in the summer, which is about 8 or 9 months out of the year. Thunderstorms blow over constantly. So, with the solar, the moment the suns out, the wind picks up, storms a bit, blows like hell and would feed the air screws.
If I wanted to manipulate nature to make more wind, does anybody think it's possible? This morning as I milked the goats, I thought about Wind Alley. It's a flat area between two trees. Pond at one end, hill at the other. If I wanted more hot air rising, thus, causing more breeze, could I make it so? What if I was to cover the ground with dark black or just dark coloured rocks. Dark gravel. Sun would shine, they would collect more heat then just dirt and grass wouldn't they? That energy would rise in the form of hot air and get channeled down the alley and up the hill. Would it be a substantial enough boost I wonder to make a noticeable difference? Same sort of prinicipal as the hydro electric idea. Create a steady moving wind river, refine and channel it for the most effect. The rocks could perhaps serve a second function as well, maybe forming some sort of Zen Garden. Toss in a couple of white rocks here and there. For art's sake. None of this is any good if it makes the land ugly.
All alone, or in twos,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.
Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.
And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad buggers wall.
"Isn't this where...."