This is a proposal for a refrigeration system which is intended to eliminate the need for electricity as much as possible. What follows is my refrigerator and freezer; it is not for everyone, and it is not designed for commercial…
This is a proposal for a refrigeration system which is intended to eliminate the need for electricity as much as possible. What follows is my refrigerator and freezer; it is not for everyone, and it is not designed for commercial…
The recognition of one’s own ignorance is a valuable component in the character of the individuals I care to correspond and share personal time with. In a world of “leaders” and followers, politicians and prophets, “experts” and arm-chair economic theorists,…
I’ve gone through something of a trauma recently. Nothing to get excited over, more of an existential thing, or a re-analysis of my own values and outlook on the world. I have spent so much of the last few years…
The most difficult part of designing a durable, robust, long lasting refrigerator is dealing with the the question of how to power it. Electricity is the answer most people would pop off before I get the last breath out. But,…
It is a worthy undertaking to redefine what we know as “materialism” in today’s culture. The word is so often associated with excess, waste, and possessing more stuff than the neighbors have. Keeping up with the Jones, or what not. …
I have purpose. Purpose is good. I’m building a refrigerator. The question I get asked most often is, “Why don’t you just go buy a refrigerator?”. They just don’t get it. I understand that it is an unusual hobby, but…
Let it be known that I do not want to sell refrigerators, own patents, market products, or operate anything which could be construed as a business. That being said, a guy has to make a living, so that if I…
Over the course of the next several years I will be illustrating a plan for a long lasting, modular refrigeration system which encompasses my values in the realm of design and simplicity. Here I will begin that process by trying…
“Think free as in free speech, not free beer.” -Richard Stallman Refrigerators are not software, but they could be designed and shared freely like software. Granted, I’m talking about hardware: steel, glass, copper, insulation, etc., but why not have an…
I don’t like heat pumps. Wait, let me rephrase that: I don’t like grid tied heat pumps. It’s the electricity! Heat pumps are an amazing technology which I am currently obsessed with, and I am in fact in the process…
Oh my; where to start? I’ve been away from the blog so long, and have so much to discuss, I fear I know not where to start. I’ve written quite a bit about refrigeration in the past, but that…
These are uncertain times to be sure. The human population is almost 7.3 Billion, and as of this writing, the net population growth on Earth this year is about 602,000; yet it is only January 3rd. I don’t look at…
I think I’ve nearly come full circle in my desired house. When I was raking in a lot of cash working at a coal mine in Pennsylvania, I wanted to buy a pice of rural property and build a house,…
Homo sapiens may very well be the first species that must learn to live on Earth. It appears as though every other species that came before us, or exists today, has a population limited by available food supply or other…
I want to talk about overunity. Anyone that has looked around this blog knows that I have a special place in my heart for refrigeration, “heat pumps” more generally speaking. Vapor compression systems have fascinated me for years. It has…
Human activities of the last 10,000 years have made irreversible changes to the landscape of the Earth, to the waters, the air, and the biodiversity of life. This much is not up for debate; marshes have been drained, forests leveled,…
I’ve adopted a policy in our motorhome of “Pain in the Ass Conservation”. That’s the best term I can come up with at this early hour. What it comes down to, is a little taste of rural homesteading in an…
Chatting with a friend over drinks the other night, we were discussing the conservation of resources like electricity. He was explaining to me that back in Arizona, a program existed with the power company that allowed the customer to buy…