I'll see if I can dig up a picture of our land partners 'Earthship" house. It is a comfortable house and it's 'solar powered' She designed it
to be built into a hill with a good south exposure for passive heating energy as well. My favorite features are the natural stone steps into the
kitchen, and the south side windows.
We built are house of wood- and it's still standing after 20 years.
And our other land partner made his castle outta 2 ft walls of concrete-
I guess we are the 3 pigs- straw, sticks and bricks.
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Solar Panels for the 'well'
Passive for the houses-
the brick house has hot water pipes under the floor, solar, and passive, propane 'point of use' water heater
the straw house has wood and propane and batteries
the sticks house has a 12V battery, wood, and propane
It is Arizona- at 7000 elevation tho-
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sticks = wood
We used a lot of recycled wood and continue to do so - (for the addition)
We used cheap recycled plywood, then covered it and with natural looking siding- 2*4 were new, but beams were recycled- not only are they
pre-seasoned- but they are 1/2 the cost as well!
Our solar well is powered by a 80 watt panel that tracks the sun- The excess solar energy powers the brick house
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How many folks here are using bio-fuels in their diesel vehicles. I've been considering it, especially with the gas prices rising so much.
Who here is successfully using alternative fuels in their vehicles? I am at least am looking to up my fuel efficiency in my vehicle.
Troy
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I guess smelling McDonalds fries is better than gagging on normal diesel. Of course you might be hungry all the time for fast food.
Damn, you could have the problem of getting fat from fast food visits. 
Troy
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Thats whats great about the west, you can build whatever kind of earthship you want and no one bitches about it. Here in the east, they would show up
with court orders and bulldozers to level them. I'm hoping to at least bring in some solar voltics and water along with a graywater filter for
ornimental gardens. I'm also considering a hybrid, but the availablity is still a little price and slim pickings.
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That's a pretty cool site. Got me wanting an electric car, and an electric ATV.
Troy
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