by John Lynn | Jun 18, 2019 | Off Grid Living
What Were They Thinking? My family recently went to Tasmania. The map we used for our planning showed very clearly that Antarctica was less than 60 cm away. Now I know that the map we were using wasn’t to scale, but in real life, and especially from the...
by John Lynn | May 27, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Legislating For Energy Efficiency … is that ok? In Australia since 2003, no approvals have been granted to build homes that do not reach a minimum 6 star rating. You can no longer build whatever you want wherever you want. Those days are long gone and the market...
by John Lynn | May 13, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Let Mother Nature Do The Energy Work The larger percentage of our energy requirements is expended on either heating or cooling. So how can you get mother nature to do most of the heavy lifting for you? In reality, it’s not heavy lifting for her; she does it...
by John Lynn | Apr 29, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Grid Power, an overview on delivery Have you ever wondered how the heat from the flame of a kerosene fridge could possibly have anything to do with keeping milk fresh and butter firm in a cold fridge on a hot day? I’ll let you Google that one because in this...
by John Lynn | Apr 15, 2019 | Off Grid Living
Energy Efficient Appliances, …. what’s the real deal? With the apparent never ending increase in the cost of electricity, energy efficient appliances are becoming more and more attractive when the time to purchase a new appliance raises its ugly head. Of...
