GO SOLAR! CLICK HERE - Texas Solar incentives are back for a short time. I just contracted with One Block Off The Grid for solar panels that will offset approximately 50% of my electricity usage and lock in a low rate of approximately 3.2¢/kWh for … [Read more...]
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Goodbye natural gas you dirty boy! It’s over between us! #7
I am finally completely off the gas pipe in my home! A few weeks ago, my hot water heater went out. It was the last appliance in my home that used gas. I have replaced it with an electric water heater. I wanted to use solar but, unfortunately, I … [Read more...]
Goodbye natural gas you dirty boy! It’s over between us! #6
Part of trying to live a more sustainable lifestyle is thinking about what we eat in a new way. I'm trying to grow some and I have also invested in Community Supported Agriculture CSA. With a CSA, you invest in the farm and in return they plant, … [Read more...]
Goodbye natural gas you dirty boy! It’s over between us! #5
Australians make moral, social statement on fracking. I belong to a community of one adult, one teen and one weenie dog and I declare myself nearly shale gas free. We are almost completely off the gas pipe. We only need to find an alternative … [Read more...]
Goodbye natural gas you dirty boy! It’s over between us! #4
This is the fourth in a series of posts showing you small steps you can take to say goodbye to dirty fossil fuels. Getting off fossil fuels will take a huge effort by everyone. Please start now! This is my first local box from … [Read more...]
Goodbye natural gas you dirty boy! It’s over between us! #3
Passive solar rocks! I waited too late to take the picture below but you can see that my south facing windows provide me with quite a big of passive solar. Today it was in the high 40s to low 50's but our house was toasty warm. Very early I … [Read more...]
Goodbye natural gas you dirty boy! It’s over between us! #2
My new heating system. Purchased at The Firehouse in Allen, Texas. It's a Regency H2100 and has a combustion device that burns off the emissions. Little by little, I am saying goodbye to that naughty, nasty natural gas. Goodbye natural gas … [Read more...]
Goodbye natural gas you dirty boy! It’s over between us!
Little by little, I am saying goodbye to that naughty, nasty natural gas. When I moved off the shale, I contracted for electricity that comes 100% from wind and solar. Next week I am having a wood burning stove installed that should heat my entire … [Read more...]
I’m saving money with solar panels!
I'm learning how to read the meters that come with my solar panels. Today I figured out that 057 means I'm producing more than I'm using, and I was. When the city finally let me turn on my panels 9 days ago my usage for the month at that time was … [Read more...]
I’m turned on!
Although my solar panels were installed several weeks ago, Oncor had to put in a meter and turn them on and they just got a-round-to-it late Thursday. Friday was my first full day using my solar panels and my estimated usage, according to TXU was … [Read more...]
Lookie! My new solar panels are up!
Dear Readers and Fracking Mafia Stalkers, My solar panels were installed last week while I was in Austin and I've been too busy to even tell you about it. To remind you: in installment #8 of my series, "Goodbye natural gas you dirty boy! It's … [Read more...]