A True Perpetual Motion Machine Mike Bailey “Most electric boats on the market today are range-limited. With better panels, batteries and motors, we’ve produced a solar boat that can continuously cruise without ever charging from the shore.” – Capt. Alex … Continue reading →
Jessie Haas Nothing ruins a summer day like getting to the beach and discovering it’s closed due to a blue-green algae bloom. Or having your dog get sick from it.. Or getting sick yourself. Blue-green algae, a form of cyanobacteria, … Continue reading →
The Geobarns Team As the son of an immigrant father, it has always been our founder George’s dream to return to Italy to honor his father’s achievements in America by replanting the family roots in his native soil. We were … Continue reading →
Aluminum Cans: Friend or Foe? Larry Plesent A concerned reader wrote in with questions about food and beverage cans. Are aluminum cans an Alzheimer’s risk factor? And are there natural protective measures we can take to lower our risk factors … Continue reading →
David Fried My friend I grew up with grows organic vegetables as far as the eye can see. He puts stickers on his boxes of cabbage that state, “Let’s get our heads together.” On his boxes of beets another sticker … Continue reading →
Junio Anthes-Moody People do have reason to be concerned about using foam where other alternatives are just as viable. All foams that we use are made of plastic, but they vary in the blowing agents that make the tiny bubbles … Continue reading →
Guy Payne Most weatherization technicians in the Weatherization Assistance Programs (WAP) have received training from both the state and locally at the various regional WAP agencies. Private weatherization companies typically use on-the-job training and formal training at the company headquarters. … Continue reading →
The Burns’ Straw Bale Home Wes Golomb This is the third in a series of articles based on Wes Golomb’s newly published book and video series, Warm and Cool Homes, Building a Comfy, Healthy, Net-Zero Home You’ll Want to Live … Continue reading →
An Efficiency Remodel in Maine Shows the Way Barb and Greg Whitchurch Is it hard to keep your home comfortably cool when it’s very hot outside? Cozy warm when it’s very cold outside? Is it expensive to run your house … Continue reading →
A Bunch of B.S. (Building Science, of course): Worth A Thousand Words: An IR Image With a Lot to Say Nate Gusakov, BECxP Take a look at the IR image that goes along with this article (and its similar but … Continue reading →