The Contradictions of Cold Climate Crawl Spaces

Questionable Guidance from the IRC The International Residential Code (IRC) identifies two different ways to build a new-home crawl space that resists frost heaving: place the footings below the frost line (historical frost-depth) or heat the a home to 64 degrees for...

Affordable Solar Power for your Home

Saturn Resource Management has long been promoting the idea of solar power for your home.  If you live in a sunny location, then solar power is one of the best methods to reduce your dependency on fossil fuels. Mother Earth News is talking about how solar power is...

Biomass Energy Choices

I’m annoyed when renewable energy trumps energy conservation in the media, and nowhere is this tendency more prevalent than with liquid bio-fuels. Biomass Energy Efficiency To make a gallon of ethanol, start with 23 pounds of corn with a potential energy of...