I want to be all powerful, relying on no-one!

Well, at least for the electricity to power my home and business...

Is President Obama really spending your child's income? What will they get for their unrequested and unstoppable debit?

The planet has been around for billions of years, while that may not seem like a large number in these overspending days of President Obama with trillions upon trillions of our kids income being dumped into untraceable and underproductive companies and schemes, a billion is a long time.

During the existence of the planet, there has been drastic climate change and life has evolved as God has planned from the beginning. Why is it that we humans think we can hurt, or heal the planet so dramatically? Is it our Egos as humans? God has a plan and regardless of what we do, the planet will continue to evolve for eons more.

That being said, I don't want to hurt the planet and I do want to reduce MY carbon footprint as much as I can while maintaining a level of comfort and enjoyment of the electronic lifestyle I live today.

I try not to follow trends too closely. Sure, I have the Compact Florescent bulbs in my home, heck I even have a lot of the newer and more efficient LED bulbs in lamps today but my desire is to go way beyond that.

Living in Cleveland, Ohio I am stuck with the reality that there is not much light from the sun for a good portion of the year. Making it a little more complex is the fact that my house is buried under tons of gigantic trees the entire summer. It is great because I pretty much never use my AC, but it makes it difficult to optimize the potential for solar on my home.

I would love to be "off the grid", a term commonly used today to describe a home or business that does not take power from the National electric grid but rather generates it's own electricity. This saves both money and the planet, so it is a good thing today.

Being off the grid can be accomplished several ways today, I can install a powerful diesel or natural gas generator to create the power I need, but those both require me to purchase expensive fuel and to operate a loud engine all the time. I also have the option of solar, which I stated above is not really practical for my home so that leaves me with wind.

I have been working on a design for a wind generator for my house. The city will not allow me (nor would I want) to install a large turbine in my yard, so I have to be creative. One company produces a wind turbine that looks more like cylindrical wind art than it does a utilitarian device.

Made primarily for the marine industry, these are small and lightweight and they offer fewer moving parts so maintenance is minimized. The great news is that they are highly effective at catching the air and converting the motion into energy. My plan calls for 2-3 of these mounted on my roof to power my system.

The plans are just that, plans today. I am working on laying out everything I will need, and how it can all be installed with minimal interference to the clutter that is my home today. I am hoping that with the proper investment and attention to detail, I can begin purchasing the materials before the end of this year and have everything installed before summer 10!

I want to reduce carbon emissions, but just as much I want to save money and reduce my monthly expense of living life. Installing creative resources like this will help me achieve my goal and will improve the viability of these products for others in the future...