This electric car would have kicked my....

In my days at the track, it took 450hp in a gutted 2,900 pound race car to get me into the low 12s at 111 mph. Not to mention I also burned about 1.5 gals. of 104 octane fuel from the time I left the pit, made one pass and returned to the staging area. On a good day I would burn 8 to 10 gallons of racing fuel at $4.85 per gal. = $48.50 in fuel alone or about 40 cents per second of actual race time. This guy puts me to shame....yeah he has probably got $20 to 30K in it, where I only had about $5K in mine but that wouldn't have stopped embarrassment factor.

Click on the title to see what I mean and watch in awe...........
Thanks Jerry for forwarding this to me.

Remove the caps when recycling

Please read the post in Italics below.

They may tell you about this in the beginning when a new recycling company takes over your local contract (I bet you read all the literature they may or may not have sent you) but they are a business and they only make money by doing things the most efficient way they can. It doesn't matter about the ethics of what they claim to be doing, it's all in the fine print. So the question is how many items really get recycled ? Why don't the recyclers just write it on the bins "REMOVE ALL CAPS!" There, an easy solution..........

Posted by Seth Mote on EARTH911.com Nov. 23rd (see the link)

"I work for a company that sells baling wire to most of the large recycling programs around the country. Upon a recent tour of three very large recycling facilities on the eastern coast I noticed that a fairly large amount of plastic drink bottles where ending up in the "to landfill pile". After the third tour I asked the plant manager about these bottles and I was informed that if the lids are left on the bottles they go to landfill. He told me that they don't have time to unscrew the caps for separation and that if they try to bale these with the caps on they don't hold the shape and take up too much room. This is something that I never thought about before and feel that it is a concern we all should raise awareness about."

To read more on recycling plastics click on the title of this post.

Self sustaining plumbing system

I designed this plumbing system for an underground home in a remote area to provide water during power outages, however it will work for any home or cabin built on a hillside. I prefer locations like this due to the enormous weight of the cistern (which is above the roof level) when full. By burying the cistern you will also prevent freezing. In its simplest form it can provide water, both warm and cold to all interior fixtures with just a little muscle.

flat roof garden

This link, designed for city dwellers or anyone who has a flat roof, shows how easy it is to save money and go green at the same time. If you live in the city and have a flat roof on your building approach the owner or association to see if you can create a little paradise on your roof. I would imagine that this would be great for those who live in the southwest and have flat roofs as well. It would diffiently save you on air coniditioning while allowing you to have a great garden as well.
http://www.livescience.com/environment/091005-green-roofs.html

Free air conditioning and heat

This is a very simplistic air conditioning/heat/fresh air system found everywhere on the internet. I found a patient date as early as 1903 on one version. The funny thing is it works as well today as it did then. This is the type of system that we will use in our underground housing project. If you can imagine, 63 degree temps coming from a simple pipe on a 95 degree day. Add to that >55 degrees coming from it on a otherwise freezing day in the winter. It wouldn't take no more than a wood stove or alternate heat source to make it very comfortable. In our underground house design it would take far less to make it a very comfortable 68 to 72 degrees, but who doesn't love a fire.