As far as alternative energy goes, my husband said something interesting the other day.& The funny thing about it is that I haven't even asked him about it.


His goal in thinking it up was to save up some Federal Reserve Notes, which is a good reason.


Anyway, he said that if we run the ground water that we use for irrigation through a coil in our air handler, we wouldn't have to run the air conditioner.& He said that ground water is about 56 degrees, that is certainly cold enough to&do the job.&Of course, this is something that would only work in the summer time.& I don't understand the mechanics of it, but he said that it would take some money to get the coil but it would pay for itself pretty quickly considering the fact that our power bill has doubled in the last year.


I hope that my discription makes sense.& Like I said, he is the one that knows the mechanical terms.


The only drawback that I can see with this is that in order to keep the house cool, we would have to constantly be irrigating.& That would be fine if we didn't then have to cut the grass.& As we have a 2 acre yard, I think that the money being save might go towards hiring somebody to keep the grass cut.


I know that air conditioning wouldn't be a high priority if we were struggling for our very survival, but until then, it sure is nice.


He also has some great ideas about the wind propelled fans being used to create electricity.& I think that this is a pretty widely known technique.& It is my understanding that it is effective and should be used more.& It would be a good way to keep our modern conveniences running if we were cut off from the power company.


Later,
SJ