Category Archives: Buyer Beware

Hydro Power, another lesson in critical thinking?

  As we’ve discussed many times, a person should never think he’s the very first to have an idea.  That old expression that there’s little new under the sun is so true. But there are others who will instantly say… … Continue reading

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March 26, an important message to pass along to your KIDs

The real  face of Evil? I think so.. Selling magic in order to stay in power is the worst kind of evil, and here we have the Queen of all Witch Doctors, vote for me, and take the easy road.. My muse for … Continue reading

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Email of the day March 9 2013, unmolested gasoline.

Today, I borrow a snippet from an email, in my attempt to remind you just how much damage ethanol can do to our older engines. Certainly, you’ll make up your own mind as to the dangers, but I do remember … Continue reading

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Home Depot

Home Depot, you really pissed me off yesterday.  But once I did get to the check out with that all too expensive hand full of Chinese made parts, and can of spray paint, you made me wonder why I’ll ever … Continue reading

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Consulting The Oracle on the topic of HCPV

In the days prior to Athens becoming a great Naval Power, there was large vein of Silver found that made Athenians rich.  It lead to the question, what to do with that wealth? History tells us what we need to know. There are countless examples of … Continue reading

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El Paso Electric, Servers Down?

The best place ever to watch the different solar tech and what power the make.. and now off the air?? Seems the other plants are showing zero too..        GB  

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Today’s Musings, 12/28/12 an important note?

As we attempt to plan our futures, we need stick our finger in the air! “In order to be in control of your life, you have to have a purpose—a productive purpose… A central purpose serves to integrate all the … Continue reading

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Danny Fong Fooey

It’s getting harder to make an honest buck, at least that’s what some say. Here’s a good study, I love the way Michael Noer leads Danny away from the technical conversation back to the promotion of the ‘venture’. http://video.forbes.com/fvn/30-under-30/30-under-30-danielle-fong  Yes, … Continue reading

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Honolulu Hell, what can we learn from Professor Panos?

Of course this post is for the DIYer community, if you are a typical Low Information Voter ‘LIV’, this is not for you, move along to that free energy page, maybe order a Hojo Generator, invest in that big air … Continue reading

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A must for DIYers, Pathological Science

This is not as nuts as QE3, nor as crazy as some on the hill in DC, but it’s pushing it! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathological_Science This is a follow up on the post I made the other day on Tod’s Wind Funnel Fraud. All of … Continue reading

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