[Market-farming] Re: Market-farming Digest, Vol 12, Issue 2

velta Mack velta at viclink.com
Fri Jan 2 12:36:18 EST 2004


> The system they quoted is propane furnace and electricity I think.  We
> have really deep soil with few rocks.  I wanted a ground source heat
> pump, thinking solar panels and/or wind energy would power it really
> cheaply.  Also hoping it could heat chicken houses, barn, greenhouse and
> house.  I thought we could learn how to install a heat pump ourselves -
> digging ditches, installing pipe etc, but I can't find out anything
> about it.  Also have an old deep well that went dry - thought we could
> use that but they say no.  I wish the government would spend as much
> money on renewable and cheap energy sources as oil in the mid east.  I
> write to my representative about it but he mostly ignores me.
>
Marie, a place to start is with Real Goods.  They sell all kinds of books
and equipment for off the grid living and my son-in-law swears by them as an
information source -
http://www.com/renew/index.cfm

Velta Mack - Sialia Llamas - Sheridan, OR - velta at viclink.com



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