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Energy: Electrical, Fuel, Transportation, Heating, Cooling, etc
Energy Usage Estimations
Fuels and Fuel Storage, the Short and Long of It
Grid-tied Alternative Energy and Shysterism
Emergency Lighting and Heating, Etc. Resources
Oh No! The Power is Out – Now What?
Battery Sizing Worksheet
Generator Power Worksheet
Generator Sizing
(Eaton white paper)
Generator Sizing Guide
3-cubic Meter Biogas Plant a Construction Manual
Build Your Own 12 VDC Engine/Generator
A Guide To Residential Wood Heating
Battery Reference Book,
3rd Edition by T. Crompton (sign up for free to download)
Battery Sizing Tips for Stand Alone PV Systems
Battery Sizing Worksheet 1
Battery Sizing Worksheet 2
Introduction to Biofuels-Biodiesel and Straight Vegetable Oil
Capturing Heat-5 Earth Friendly Cooking technologies & How to Build Them
Generator Safety for the Home
Creating Biodiesel
EERE-U.S. Department of Energy
Biodiesel-Do-it-yourself production basics
(an ATTRA doc)
Cheap Solar Power Setup
Choosing a Backup Generator
(by Mother Earth News)
Construction of Wood Gas Generator for Fueling Internal Combustion Engines in Petroleum Emergency
(FEMA Wood Gas Generator Plans RR-28 July 1989)
Where There Is No Phone
(FEMA webpage Archive 1997)
Convert Gasoline Engines to Run on Alcohol
Convert your diesel to run on used fryer oil
Cooling Buildings by Natural Ventilation
Crisis Cooling-How To Keep Your Milk, Meat and Medicines Cool In A Power Outage
(large download)
Energy from the Wind
by Practical Action
5 Gallon Bucket Hydroelectric Generator Build Manual
MICRO-HYDRO POWER
by Practical Action
PV
(photovoltaic)
Solar Energy Basics
The 'No Nonsense' Biodiesel Guide
Windmills and Wind Motors-How to Build and Run Them
(1910)
Wind Pumping