I noticed that you are in Austin and thought your might be interested in knowing a little more about Natural Gas Vehicle options here in Central Texas.
The Honda GX isn't the only EPA approved CNG vehicle. I drive a new EPA Certified Ford Focus with leather interior and audiophile sound system with Sync and with the tax credits and rebates, it cost much less than the Civic GX. Other vehicles are also available and more are coming soon. Click here for additional details.
There is still only one public fueling station in Austin, but I am confident we'll see more built soon. I'm even looking at putting one in myself. In the meantime, you can always fill up at home the way Boone does with a Phill from Fox Service Company.
If you'd like to learn more about Natural Gas Vehicles, please don't hesitate to contact me anytime.
I actually own 10 acres. Somedays I think it would be nice to live in a Condo but I have animals - critters. I moved here from MN where I had cattle and an Arabian Horse Farm, so I bought a new hobby farm here in SD cause I still had some livestock. I am getting back into the livestock, thus the reason why I live on 10 acres. Plus I love my privacy and living out in the country. I'd gladly share my 10 acres if someone wanted to build an energy efficient home on the property so we could go together in supersizing the energy efficient living with solar and wind power as we have lots of wind here on the prairie in SD. I have more trees than most of the neighbors but I do love the trees. My house was originally built for solar power (the roof is relatively flat with big windows facing the South) but nobody ever put it in, so in renovating my house wind power and solar power are what I'm working towards but the state of South Dakota is kind of fighting it, my electrical company kind of poo poo'd me when I spoke with them about wind power and solar power. Best of luck to you and Bless you. Dixie
I think it would be pretty easy Donald. The down side is that it would take up a little space from the back and it would cost you about $4000. Yikes! Thats the big problem, I don't think anyone is gonna buy into this unless they can get the price down to say $2000 plus maybe $500 for home filling appliance like Phill which now costs about $4000. Yikes again! Thats where I'm trying to focus my blog on now. That is, how can we make this cost effective?
Thanks, Don. I looked at your review, and it looks like a good read for me. I am currently teaching green technology classes to high school students. I have 3 classes with 30 students in each. So far, we have studied energy basics and solar power. I saw your solar oven. We cooked with a solar oven last week, and later in the class, students will be building their own ovens. Next week we begin wind energy, and then from there we go on to hydrogen and fuel cells.
Thank you for your interest, One might say that you do not, some may say you do. I believe that babeque is a popular past time and this wood may be used instead of charcoal. Texas uses (makes) over one half million tons per year. As I allude to on my page the needs for energy vary region to region, there are over one million wood stoves in Nh,Ma,Vt,Me... The ammount of wood used 5 million cord.With the North East having the highest energy costs in the USA. Aprox 2.30 per square foot heating costs.This type of product far exceeds the energy of Cord wood. At the same time this product could be used in times of emergency one log can cook three meals a day ,supply heat during power black outs and boil water for drinking. Less smoke compact form and High heat. One might say less is more.
Regarding converting your Subaru to CNG (compressed natural gas). That's the biggest problem with this market right now Donald, you can't. That is unless you have the skills and means to hand craft the parts. There are companies out there right now that possess all the right materials to convert virtually any car to CNG but cannot due to govt restictions (safety, air quality etc). I do know this to be a fact however, and that is that your Subaru can run on CNG if we could have free access to the parts. That brings me to a very important issue regarding the hinderances of the energy crisis and govt regulation. I believe that individuals as well as companies need to be free to take risks without regualtions. Can you imagine how the world would be different today if the government told two bicycle mechanics not to tinker with a flying machine!
At 9:43am on September 13, 2008, James Tracy said…
I agree. Please read my profile, after watching the 2 vids on my page, then my blogs.
I also ask every one to look at and consider this discussion, thank you.
At 8:37pm on September 9, 2008, Kim Anderson said…
CALLING ALL LEADERS!
We have petitions! "THE PLEDGE" is on the main page.
I think this is the very best tool we could ask for. It is so much easier to get someone to sign a petition than to go online and join the plan as a member.
I have been test driving it for a few days and got 200 signatures rather eaasily. Most folks had seen the ads or seen Boone on the news. Most were eager to sign it and strongly support it. A few wanted to get more info- I handed them a business card with the website. Very few said no (2 or 3).
I hope you can ask all your "friends" to download a bunch of PLEDGES and fax them back to the office ASAP. THIS IS HOW WE BUILD AN ARMY much faster. Millions of signatures.
Thank you for all your efforts. We have a very strong team. Many ants can take the Hill!
In answer to your question, I built a Lindal Cedar Home on Summit Road behind Mt. Madonna Park. It was located one mile SW of the KSBW Tower (Ch 8). Most people do not realize that Summit Road runs from Hwy 17 to Hwy 237 between Gilroy and Watsonville. I lived on the private road gated section of Summit.
I kept the "Lindal Prow" but designed the rest of the home myself. The "Prow" faced due south at 2500 ft elevation, and overlooked all of Monterey Bay from the tip of Carmel to Santa Cruz. It also overlooked where the recent devastating fires raged in the Santa Cruz Mtns. I also built it only two miles from the epicenter of the terrible 1989 Loma Prieta Quake. That was the "World Series" quake that most non-Californian's think originated in San Francisco or Oakland.
In the summer, the prow windows deflected the heat due to being gas filled with a reflective surface. I have forgotten what the gas was. Argon rings a bell. In fact, I put extra money into all southern facing windows. In spite of that, I still had to eventually install blinds. But, due to that extra money spent, I seldom had to run the air conditioner. It could be blistering hot outside, and the house was always cool.
In the winter I had horizontal wind, rain and sleet come off the Pacific Ocean. I had in excess of 80 inches of rain. Since the house was on a ridge top, I had absolutely no protection from "weather." It was also the last home on the grid up in that region. But due to the Lindal insulation and those tremendous, expensive windows, I never had to use the furnace. Just a few logs in the wood burning stove caused me to open up windows and doors in the middle of winter!
I was terrified most of the time since you could see those huge Lindal windows bow in the wind, and I was positive that the whole prow would tear loose at any moment with 100 MPH gusts, but it never happened. I built the home in 1995 and sold and moved to Oregon in 2000. The home is still standing and the new owners love it. I also had a lot of other passive solar things going on (black plastic, collecting rain water, reusing grey water, etc.) but the southern facing windows were the main thing.
I was stopped in Nevada for going 87 MPH in that Prius. The cop did not give me a ticket, so I still have a clean record and no moving violations. I was lucky!
The car is so quiet and smooth riding that unless you look at the speed, you have no idea how fast you are going. When I first purchased it I got over 50 MPG because I watched the gauges constantly and tried to keep it on battery as much as possible.
Now I throw caution to the wind and average around 49 MPG, which I think is great. The air conditioner uses only battery power, so I run that all the time.
I love the car; not one complaint about it. It is peppy, and has enough power to pass on an incline. I have accidently had it over 90 MPH when passing on a highway. So don't believe anyone who says they lack power.
Hi Don........The URL for the straw bail solar home was: www.thesolarvillage.com Look at the home in Ontario Canada pictured in the center of the page and click on it. There is a video that you can watch. It is called the Wilson Solar Home............Cheers, Lee
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I noticed that you are in Austin and thought your might be interested in knowing a little more about Natural Gas Vehicle options here in Central Texas.
The Honda GX isn't the only EPA approved CNG vehicle. I drive a new EPA Certified Ford Focus with leather interior and audiophile sound system with Sync and with the tax credits and rebates, it cost much less than the Civic GX. Other vehicles are also available and more are coming soon. Click here for additional details.
There is still only one public fueling station in Austin, but I am confident we'll see more built soon. I'm even looking at putting one in myself. In the meantime, you can always fill up at home the way Boone does with a Phill from Fox Service Company.
If you'd like to learn more about Natural Gas Vehicles, please don't hesitate to contact me anytime.
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Thanks for the comment.
I also ask every one to look at and consider this discussion, thank you.
http://push.pickensplan.com/group/wewanttoinvestinthepickensplan/fo...
We have petitions! "THE PLEDGE" is on the main page.
I think this is the very best tool we could ask for. It is so much easier to get someone to sign a petition than to go online and join the plan as a member.
I have been test driving it for a few days and got 200 signatures rather eaasily. Most folks had seen the ads or seen Boone on the news. Most were eager to sign it and strongly support it. A few wanted to get more info- I handed them a business card with the website. Very few said no (2 or 3).
I hope you can ask all your "friends" to download a bunch of PLEDGES and fax them back to the office ASAP. THIS IS HOW WE BUILD AN ARMY much faster. Millions of signatures.
Thank you for all your efforts. We have a very strong team. Many ants can take the Hill!
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Kim
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In answer to your question, I built a Lindal Cedar Home on Summit Road behind Mt. Madonna Park. It was located one mile SW of the KSBW Tower (Ch 8). Most people do not realize that Summit Road runs from Hwy 17 to Hwy 237 between Gilroy and Watsonville. I lived on the private road gated section of Summit.
I kept the "Lindal Prow" but designed the rest of the home myself. The "Prow" faced due south at 2500 ft elevation, and overlooked all of Monterey Bay from the tip of Carmel to Santa Cruz. It also overlooked where the recent devastating fires raged in the Santa Cruz Mtns. I also built it only two miles from the epicenter of the terrible 1989 Loma Prieta Quake. That was the "World Series" quake that most non-Californian's think originated in San Francisco or Oakland.
In the summer, the prow windows deflected the heat due to being gas filled with a reflective surface. I have forgotten what the gas was. Argon rings a bell. In fact, I put extra money into all southern facing windows. In spite of that, I still had to eventually install blinds. But, due to that extra money spent, I seldom had to run the air conditioner. It could be blistering hot outside, and the house was always cool.
In the winter I had horizontal wind, rain and sleet come off the Pacific Ocean. I had in excess of 80 inches of rain. Since the house was on a ridge top, I had absolutely no protection from "weather." It was also the last home on the grid up in that region. But due to the Lindal insulation and those tremendous, expensive windows, I never had to use the furnace. Just a few logs in the wood burning stove caused me to open up windows and doors in the middle of winter!
I was terrified most of the time since you could see those huge Lindal windows bow in the wind, and I was positive that the whole prow would tear loose at any moment with 100 MPH gusts, but it never happened. I built the home in 1995 and sold and moved to Oregon in 2000. The home is still standing and the new owners love it. I also had a lot of other passive solar things going on (black plastic, collecting rain water, reusing grey water, etc.) but the southern facing windows were the main thing.
Kathy
I was stopped in Nevada for going 87 MPH in that Prius. The cop did not give me a ticket, so I still have a clean record and no moving violations. I was lucky!
The car is so quiet and smooth riding that unless you look at the speed, you have no idea how fast you are going. When I first purchased it I got over 50 MPG because I watched the gauges constantly and tried to keep it on battery as much as possible.
Now I throw caution to the wind and average around 49 MPG, which I think is great. The air conditioner uses only battery power, so I run that all the time.
I love the car; not one complaint about it. It is peppy, and has enough power to pass on an incline. I have accidently had it over 90 MPH when passing on a highway. So don't believe anyone who says they lack power.
Thanks for the advice, and best wishes...Kathy
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