DIY BioFuel Briquettes
Just came across a great step by step tutorial on how to make your own bio fuel briquettes by compressing paper pulp and sawdust into fuel bricks. Not only is it an alternative source of energy, but it’s also a
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Heating
How To Convert An Electric Water Tank To An Outdoor Wood Heater
This is a little on the advanced side of the DIY scope, but why not convert an electric water tank into an outdoor wood heater? You have to come across an old water heater or save one that you’re planning
DIY Pop Can Solar Heating Panel
Here’s a great example of using the energy that is given to us for free combined with some old soda or beer cans and converting this energy into solar heat. What you see mounted on the side of this house
DIY Miniature Soda Can Solar Heater
This is brilliant – and easy to do. Using a few soda cans, some spare wood, some leftover plexiglass and a couple of old CPU fans – you too can make a miniature solar heater that is designed to sit
Off Grid Attack: EPA To Outlaw Many Wood Burning Stoves
This is funny, but sad at the same time. Actually more pathetic. The EPA has decided that after ALL these years of being useful and a great alternative to using gas and oil for heat, wood burning stoves are now
How To Build A Survival Shelter
If you ever find yourself in a SHTF survival type situation and you’re stranded outdoors in the woods with no place to go, knowing how to build a survival shelter (or debris hut) can mean the difference between life and
Off Grid Heating: Rocket Mass Heaters
First of all, I’ve never heard of a “rocket mass heater,” nor did I know you can actually make one yourself. But it looks like the coolest thing ever and supposedly it doesn’t take much more than some twigs and
