Your Mileage May Vary!! Car Economy Explained!

We as a country were trained to look at fuel mileage wrong, therefore it is hard to understand the cost to run a car. We were trained to compare miles per gallon. That is because in 1950 nobody cared how much a gallon of gas cost, they just cared how frequently they had to stop for gas!!  In 2012, to make...

Cut the energy usage of your forced air cooling (or heating) system

using low cost, low technology, do it yourself methods I am not selling anything here, this method, including details and answering your questions, IS FREE!! Most attempts to use less energy to heat or cool your home (or business) are successful, but, you are less happy. An example is : Changing the...

Cut your electricity usage in HALF of your clothes dryer

using low cost, low technology, do it yourself methods I am not selling anything here, this method, including details and answering your questions, IS FREE!! NOTE: If you do not want to read all technical stuff, go here for the simple instructions on how to reduce the amount of electricity you use to dry...

My “Rocket Stove”

I was reading about wood splitters’ one day and the article mentioned rocket stoves. After I googled it I decided I had to have one. There were many designs. How would I settle on the right one? Most of them seemed small or not built to last (tin cans!!??) I couldn’t own something made out of...

Thermal Mass or Insulation??

Several years ago we decided the carpets were old enough to be replaced. Actually they were old enough to be replaced before that, but, we procrastinated. After floor shopping, we found that high end wall-to-wall carpet was no where to be found in our town. I guess the high end stuff is no longer supplied...

Air Conditioning

We have a modest sized ranch home. The house required LARGE amounts of air conditioning above 85 degrees F.outdoor air temperature. We lived with this situation for too many years before I decided to investigate the air conditioning needs.  It turns out we already had 20 inches of insulation. What we...