Stuff the Stuff To Do!

::snicker::  OK, so I am completely self defeating in this particular arena.  It's a habit I'm trying to break.  On the other hand, along with all the stuff that has to happen day in and day out, sometimes something comes along that simply must be attended to.

Global warming is a "hotly" debated issue these days.  I have one guy that sends me tons of spam referring to environmentalists as "wackos", democrats as "nut cases", and global warming is, in his opinion a major hoax and America needs to "wake up" to his version of the facts.  Needless to say his emails go straight to the spam box unless the subject line clearly reads as something pertaining to the family.

My biggest argument with this guy isn't that I dispute global warming as a hoax or not.  Frankly I don't care if it's a hoax or not.  What I do care about is that the people who want me to buy gas already have WAY more money than they should have and why is my friend so desperate for ME to give THEM more of my money?  It does not make any sense from my perspective.

I would much rather use my money to purchase seed (my friend thinks Monsanto is in control of all the seed and going to kill us with GM seed).  I also want to buy chickens and chicken wire.  Cotton yarn to make socks for my kids instead of giving money to Hanes.  Thank goodness for menopause because now I'm not giving tampon manufactures money for product.  See my drift here?

So today, in going my rambling way along, what do I happen to stumble upon?  The plans for making a Savonius Wind Turbine!!!  FREE!!!  My heart lept for pure joy!  Why?  Well, wind power is superior to solar power for one simple reason, it's easier to harvest.  You can't just hop into the kitchen and whip up a couple photovoltaic panels out of stuff in the cupboard now can you?  However, with the wind turbine you pretty much can achieve just exactly that. 

Now, this plan is for a kid size project which is enough to power a LED bulb at the end of it all.  However, with my husband involved he will be able to convert what he learns from the small project into something larger that just might be useful in supplying us with power for essentials in the event of a black out. 

Black outs are not a far fetched concern here in hurricane alley.  My husband and his big brother figure we will be good to go when we can afford a gas operated generator.  But I have news for them, how are you going to get the gas when you have no access to locations further than a mile and the nearest gas is 2 miles away?  Our roads flood out and we turn into an island for as long as a week.  What then?  Wait for airlift gas?  I don't think so!

With wind power we would be able to run our water pump, freezer, and fridge.  We have a propane powered stove, and I don't know how, but we can live without a washer or dryer for a week...  maybe... 

Mainly, I just hate paying money to the power companies for something that should be free.  That's why we are growing blackberries, hazelnuts, carrots, string beans, onions, squash, okra, corn, potatoes, tomatoes, parsley, tomatillos,...  you get the picture?  yep, this is me, signing off from another rant.  I'm TRULY THANKFUL!