http://polizeros.com/2007/12/18/home-grown-wind-power/ Musings on politics: anti-war, global warming, peak oil and otherwise Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:20:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://polizeros.com/2007/12/18/home-grown-wind-power/comment-page-1/#comment-156194 Jansen Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:10:03 +0000 http://polizeros.com/2007/12/18/home-grown-wind-power/#comment-156194 American ingenuity at its finest - recycling is not just for plastics and cans - 30 years ago I stripped an old water heater to its tank, welded it to a length of 6" pipe and stood it up in concrete. Around it, with a 2" rigid foam sheet, I taped and glued an angled frame which reflexs sunlight onto the tank all day long (similar principle to a solar oven) - the unit heats water so hot one cannot stand under it in a shower and I have been using it all these years. Total cost - $32.00. American ingenuity at its finest - recycling is not just for plastics and cans - 30 years ago I stripped an old water heater to its tank, welded it to a length of 6″ pipe and stood it up in concrete. Around it, with a 2″ rigid foam sheet, I taped and glued an angled frame which reflexs sunlight onto the tank all day long (similar principle to a solar oven) - the unit heats water so hot one cannot stand under it in a shower and I have been using it all these years. Total cost - $32.00.

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