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Gabion Walls - 4 views

We have all seen gabion walls used in landscaping or as an erosion control, but they are being used in other ways also such as in greenhouses. The gabion wall absorbs the suns rays as they shine t...

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Since the high rise price on gas there have been people thinking of ways to make a fuel source that is clean to burn and cheap to use. Algae has lipid oils in its makeup and it is shown to burn cle...

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Green Buildings - 1 views

This is a new way to build a home that will be very energy efficient compare to regular homes today. The cost is about 20 percent more to build a green building but the long term cost is very low. ...

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U.S. Navy converts seawater into jet fuel - 0 views

The navy has found a way to convert seawater into a feasible way to make jet fuel without refueling while at sea. The carbon and hydrogen gasses produced from the seawater extraction process are co...

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What is Trench Composting? - 2 views

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shared by markhutchins on 31 Jan 15 - No Cached

Trench composting is very simple. You dig a trench (we're using the word “trench” loosely here; it doesn't matter what shape your hole is) approximately twelve inches deep, add roughly four to six inches of compostable materials, such as kitchen scraps, spent garden plants, prunings, thinnings, and weeds, and bury it with the soil you dug out of the trench.
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markhutchins on 31 Jan 15

Here is an article on trench composting I thought the group might enjoy. My wife and I have reduced our waste to about one small kitchen bag a week by composting our kitchen scraps.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Here is an article on trench composting I thought the group might enjoy. My wife and I have reduced our waste to about one small kitchen bag a week by composting our kitchen scraps.</div>

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inyberg on 07 Feb 15

Hi. That is a great idea. Saves the plant from drying out. I will do that for my garden. Funny I was reading about Africa a remote area where this happen. A university sent someone out here to help solve a issue for these people to have some kind of heat source like gas. Long story short you take all the food scraps throw them into a blender and dump in in a 50 gallon drum. Does this for a bout a week. Have another 50 gallon drum ready empty. This guy ran a gas line off the barrels into the house. It produce enough methane to cook and heat the house as long you keep dumping scraps into the barrel.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Hi. That is a great idea. Saves the plant from drying out. I will do that for my garden. Funny I was reading about Africa a remote area where this happen. A university sent someone out here to help solve a issue for these people to have some kind of heat source like gas. Long story short you take all the food scraps throw them into a blender and dump in in a 50 gallon drum. Does this for a bout a week. Have another 50 gallon drum ready empty. This guy ran a gas line off the barrels into the house. It produce enough methane to cook and heat the house as long you keep dumping scraps into the barrel.</div>

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Clean Coal. - 0 views

This new technology for coal produces no emission that will go into air compared to older power plants that do. It also produces clean drinking water from the power plant itself that can be used to...

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started by inyberg on 28 Jan 15 no follow-up yet

Compost Water Heater - 0 views

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Harnessing the heat of a compost pile to heat a long tube of water coiled inside the pile following the Jean Pain method

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Harnessing the heat of a compost pile to heat a long tube of water coiled inside the pile following the Jean Pain method</div>

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