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Right on the money! 3000 watts!

Building a better world one brick at a time. Rather than commanding people what to think or being angry at the bad guys, I am trying to change the world by sharing thousands of small tidbits of information. Today's bit is a trailer that can be moved to worksites and the solar panels can fold...

We hope to prove the annualized thermal inertia next winter.

Well, mud and logs. And a bit of straw bale. Most of the materials came off the land where it is built. A house the sequesters tons of carbon. Zero paint, glue or cement. The heat from the summer heats the house through the winter.

Good eye! The surface came from an electric stove that was being thrown out. It was trimmed to be a little smaller, and some of that trimming was used to make the little viewing window on the front. The door has been a massive improvement over some other doors for batch box rockets. But...

This is a special creation by Peter van den Berg, and enhanced by Kirk "Donkey" Mobert. It was further enhanced by the permaculture bootcamp here at wheaton labs. Kirk insists that we cannot call this a "rocket" since there is no riser, but after having it for two years, I am simply...

I hope to have a video out about that today or tomorrow. It is an experiment created by peter van den berg. But we have a video about the door here:

Yes. Although I have many natural building tiny homes here - in different states of construction.

There's a whole lotta people at my place. And all of us are keen on natural building. At the same time, we do lots and lots of experiments. Here's a new video about some of our experiments with cob floors. For those that are not familiar with what cob is, it is a mix of sand, clay and...

The junk pole fence design we have now is something like "version 7". "Version 1" was much like what is in your link. We discovered that our wood did not like that style. It wasn't so bendy.

I would like to see a picture of the fence with the horizontal weave!

A fence made of waste wood (this wood is typically burned in an effort to reduce wildfires). It's a bit like making fence out bamboo, but in an area where these conifer poles are considered a nuisance. You can see the rock jacks (this particular property is one giant rock) - but ignore those...

I logged detailed notes here: https://permies.com/t/59974/permaculture-projects/heat-montana-home-winter-cord

The masonry stoves typically heat with about one fifth the wood and typically cost $10,000 or more. A rocket mass heater will typically heat with about one tenth the wood and cost about $400. I've heard of people building them for $20. I've seen about a dozen built where each was built in a...

I just started another rocket mass heater kickstarter. The last one from a few years ago was just a video of a workshop and we sold way more than I thought we would. So now we are making an effort to make something much more professional. These videos would be in addition to the videos from...

She took lots of video while she was here. She says she is going to make a new video each week that has more about each bit. She announces new stuff on the dailyish email here http://richsoil.com/email

the stuff that was presented: wofati 10x10 wofati 0.7 rolly shelves electric sawmill hot water from a compost pile solar voltswagon badboy buggy (electric vehicle #4) shower shack wofati 0.8 Sepp Holzer's grain rocket mass smoker/cooker/butt-warmer porta-cabin / love shack polaris (electric...

We're doing a kickstarter to make full DVDs about this stuff. Not only have hundreds of thousands of people built hugelkultur now, but the success stories have been massive. We are doing a 3-DVD set of earthworks and hugelkultur, but we are also creating a micro documentary for just a...

Your concern is valid. Hence the work being done by E&E to get cleaner and cleaner burns. And then extract out more and more heat. The latest RMH design burns so clean that on a cold day you don't even see steam coming out. Nor do you see wavy heat lines (because the heat was...

I'm pretty sure I recorded a podcast with Ernie and Erica talking about burning all sorts of things. Ernie seems especially interested in coming up with a design that will burn almost any kind of garbage - especially plastics. We made something a week ago that had a fire so hot that we put a...