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Wood Burning Stove and Free Wood81

How to Find Free Wood Fuel for a Wood Burning Stove

Wood burning stoves are a great way to be green and reduce energy costs at the same time. Whilst buying wood is cheaper than oil, gas or electricity, the best solution is knowing how to find FREE wood!

11 comments    how to recycling energy crisis
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Fuels With High Octane Number

The quality of a fuel is measured with its 'octane number'. A good quality fuel has a good octane number. Octane number measures whether petrol is likely to cause knock in an engine. Knocking is caused by...

2 comments    money how energy
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Wood Burning Stoves and Ten Reasons Now is the Right Time to Burn Wood

Save Money, fight the Credit Crunch and the Energy Crisis by turning back the clock and burning wood. Here are 10 reasons why a modern wood burning stove is the answer.

17 comments    how to tips cheap
Being tired is your body pleading with you that their is a problem (or many problems!!!)81

Energy Fix - Why am I tired all the time - Some Ideas That Worked For me

Being tired is your body pleading with you that their is a problem (or many problems!!!) I wrote this hub in particular because I wanted to "store" information I found on what is affecting my own fatigue and...

9 comments    energy vitamins caffeine
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Simple Frugality: Tips for Surviving the Economic Downturn

When I was a child during the 1970's I remember a small chunk of time now referred to as "The Energy Crisis." To me it was the time when my sister and I would sit around and play number games, while trying to...

9 comments    life advice finance
Amanda Severn profile image75

Do Lutec Have the Answer to Peak Oil and the Energy Crisis?

Just like many people these days, I'm becoming more and more energy conscious. My awareness is increasing every time I fill my petrol tank, or pay my fuel bills. The more things go up in price the more curious...

21 comments    energy australia solar energy
Save Money by Riding a Bike!73

How to Survive a Recession - Some Household Tips

5 hot household tips to survive and beat the Recession. Find out how to crack the credit crunch and shine a bright light through the economic gloom in 2009!

20 comments    how to tips funny
A CFL bulb in operation74

Why Government Regulation Doesn't Work

The problem with government planning and problem solving is that the planned solution tends to be linear in the sense that here is the problem and here is the solution. Once put in motion, the solution tends...

9 comments    politics energy global warming
Chuck profile image71

Should we Produce More Food or More Biofuel?

Before answering this question it would be helpful to define who "we" refers to and, once that is determined, how "we" are to make our wishes on the topic known. If we refers to a family that owns property...

4 comments    food energy world
rodericktaylor profile image68

SteamCar - Alternative Fuel - Steam Power Generator..News from the past.

I remember the feeling of great optimism when men walked on the moon in 1969 and in 1975 we were moved to tears when the astronauts and cosmonauts of the American Apollo spacecraft and the USSR’s Soyuz19...

2 comments    fuel economy scientists
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