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"In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins - not through strength, but through persistence." - Buddha
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Taking the Offensive

Since our last blog about the search for land not much has changed, unfortunately. The Sleeping Slope is still sleeping.., we did visit it again, twice, but to no avail. Lotte joined us on the last visit there and it was decided that the trees blocked the south to much. They ...

February 25th 2010
Tags: Money, wind No Comments

RidgeBlade

After posting the previous post I received an email from Dean Gregory over at The Power Collective. My worry about RidgeBlade is that it might be expensive. I let Dean explain otherwise in his own words: whilst we cannot know the exact cost of the RidgeBlade units until we have finalised our ...
February 24th 2010
Tags: How we do it, wind No Comments

Off the Grid, is it possible? Wind Energy

The question still stands.., can we get off the grid. In our previous post we concluded that Solar Power is a real possibility. All it really takes is money.., a whole bunch of it.., but as far as the authorities are concerned.., it should not be a problem. Granted, in wintertime we ...
January 21st 2010
Tags: How we do it 3 Comments

Off the Grid, is it possible?

No, well at least not for us, not at first. The problem is that we will be needing a reasonable amount of electricity. Because we will work from home using computers, which means a constant usage of power. So what is the problem you might say, through a couple of solar panels on ...
January 14th 2010
Tags: How we do it, design 3 Comments

Preparing for 2011

2010 is going to be an interesting year. This is the year we will need to prepare for 2011. The year in which we start building. Now, when people ask when we start building, we can say.., "next year, we start building next year". So, what are the plans for 2010. I'll sum ...
January 6th 2010
Tags: Ted Talk, Video No Comments

Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy’s future

Wouldn't it be cool to have this kind of technology. According to Steven Cowley it will take a couple of decades.., chances are.., that is not quick enough.