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Science/Tech See other Science/Tech Articles Title: Alternative Energy We are a family of seven living on a farm in Southwest Missouri. Our children range in age from 2 to 15. One of the major reasons that we moved out to a farm was for the purpose of establishing our ministry - the Commonwealth Missionary Alliance. The goal of the Commonwealth Missionary Alliance is to help people - especially missionaries - learn to do as many practical things in life as they can when they either have no assistance - or when they choose to do it themselves. Among those "things" - and specifically speaking - teaching people how to produce their own power, either through solar power, wind power or with a generator. When we moved to this farm, there was nothing but fields and woods. It was never our intention - from day one - to hook up to the electric company for power. We needed instant power - and we needed a lot of it. Our first purchase was a diesel generator. The diesel generator supplied all of the power needed to do all of the building that we had been planning. The house is now powered by golf cart batteries. Everything in the house is run off of the power that we make. There are no power lines on the farm. After several years of dependence on the generator, we added solar panels to our system. The solar panels have decreased our generator running time by 75%. We have everything in the house that others have. We have every major appliance, televisions, computers and electric garage door openers. The shop is also a fully functional wood shop with large tablesaws, planers, routers, miter saws, jointers and dust collection. When we started, we had no experience whatsoever. We simply had a dream and a goal. We built the 5,000 square foot house, the 2,500 sqaure foot shop, did the wiring, the plumbing, and the heating WITHOUT ANY PRIOR EXPERIENCE. +++ I heard this fella on Frank Whalen's internet broadcast this morning - fascintating information.
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