Barrelponics pics are online

Posted in November 30th, 2009

by Steve Spence in Uncategorized, living off the grid

We are publishing our pictures that we have been taking this week as I type this. They are found at http://www.green-trust.org/barrelponicspics. I’ll be publishing some tutorial videos this week as well. Trav and I have been having a bunch of fun working together. Once the fish are in for the winter, we can can finish [...]

“Green” Blown Insulation

Posted in November 29th, 2009

by Steve Spence in Uncategorized, living off the grid

We just finished helping Travis blow insulation into the attic space above the fish tank rooms. The insulation is 80% recycled fibers, and cost about $10 per bale (we installed 20 bales). The blower was free for 24 hours with the purchase of the insulation. The product is called Green Fiber, and is non toxic, [...]

Settled in at Barrelponics Central

Posted in November 25th, 2009

by Steve Spence in Uncategorized, living off the grid

We are settled in here in Andrews SC. I’ve been busy setting up IBC cubes as winter fish tanks, filling them with water (240 gallons), building bio-filters, and will be setting fish in them this weekend. We will be observing thanksgiving with Travis and his family this year. I started on a solar heated hot [...]

We are off to SC, and going aqua

Posted in November 18th, 2009

by Steve Spence in Uncategorized, living off the grid

Tomorrow at 9am we hit the road in our solar electric camper and veggie fueled suburban to South Carolina, to work with Travis Hughey and his aquaponics systems. You can read more about his combined hydroponics and fish farming system using barrels, which he calls barrel-ponics, at http://www.fastonline.org/. We will be documenting our work there [...]

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Study: 14 Million Plug-In Electric Cars on US Roads by 2020

Posted in November 17th, 2009

by Andrew Williams in Car, living off the grid

A remarkable new study predicts that at least 14 million electric cars will be zooming around the US by 2020, and reckons that EVs could account for a startling 75 percent of all light-duty miles driven by 2040.

The ambitious claims form part of an in-depth study, called the Electrification Roadmap, backed by a coalition of business leaders including Nissan, FedEx, Coda Automotive and Coulomb Technologies.