On Sun, 9 May 2004 15:05:24 -0500, you wrote: >In the works: OFF Grid College and Retirement Community > >A small group of families have gone together to purchase a decommissioned >radar base on the thumb of MI. It is being converted into an off-grid >college campus and retirement community that will teach all the off-grid >technologies, skilled trades, as well as the normal college level academics. > >It has dorms, classrooms, dinning hall, gym, handball courts, tennis courts, >bowling alley, places for short-term RVs parking, and much more --- 20 >acres. It is about 1 mile from some of the best beaches in Michigan. > >Port Ausin has about the cleanest air in the nation as it has prevailing >winds that blow across 400 miles of fresh water, Great Lake Huron. > >We are looking into biofuels for all our energy requirements. We plan to >grow all of our own certified organic foods. Cross-pollination is not an >issue because of the air currents.
With all this talk of wind, I can't help but suggest asking the local experts if installation of a small amount of wind generation might be appropriate. Dunno how it would affect the agricultural issues. When I went to consult with someone recently about putting in some solar or wind, one interesting thing that seemed to come up was that the load leveling required for wind seemed to point toward the off-grid sort of approach, which mandated a different inverter and additional expense for batteries, while I ultimately opted for the grid-connected approach with the solar I got. > >Again, we are looking at ways to provide all of our on energy needs, >food/nutritional/health needs, and financial needs. > >I'm seeking industrial ways that we can generate the money and resources to >see that all people want to come, have the means to come. >We need everyone's' ideas, input, and efforts. A friend of mine once had an idea that retirement homes and-or nursing homes would be a place to have an operation to care for animals, either a pet hotel sort of thing, or perhaps something different, because there is some "symbiosis" in the goals. Some old folks, for example, might respond well to the tasks of caring for a dog or some such, if and as they might need some companionship and-or challenges to keep their days fuller. It might make the community more attractive to some potential inhabitants if they know they might have some future potential activities along those lines. 'Course many will be able to come up with negatives to this, such as the health of seniors as it might be affected with having a lot of animals around. I am for consideration of the idea that it could be done. MM ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
