Wednesday, August 20, 2014

All American Sun Oven and Solar Energy

           Recently ordered one of these ovens from Amazon an have to admit it seems to be well built. This was a no brainer since I live in Arizona in the desert an as you all know sunshine is still free. Have not set it up yet since the desert monsoon season is in full swing here and to be honest just haven't set aside the time to mess with it. I have seen these working before at solar shows an I know they work well. Alternative energy is not the only answer but last year we set up a 9.3 kilowatt system from Solar City an it has been the best investment in our home. Our APS electric bills have dropped dramatically since the solar panels have been in use. We actually had 1 month we owed only $16 an our summer bills which were touching $400 a month during July an August have dropped to about $150 for those months. I still think leasing is a better option at this time for solar panel systems but if you feel you only need a 5kw system or smaller buying the system outright makes more sense. Living in the sunbelt states helps a lot too. I think within the next decade there will be a strong shift to alternative energy sources. They can save you a bit of dough $$ an whats not to like about that. The sun oven if your unfamiliar with them uses the green house effect in a insulated box to generate oven temperatures under the glass cover. Typical highs of 350-400 degrees F are possible with a clear sky an summer time. Northern latitudes an winter can still net 250-300 degrees F.     

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Fifth wheel for sale

         Going to be selling my 2003 Forest River 37SP . It is fully self contained with 1 slide out. I would need to buy a 1 ton or larger truck to tow and a 40' fifth wheel with a 350 or larger truck is a lot to tow around. My wife an I want to travel some an need something more manageable. I'm looking at class C or a class A motor home. Probably 26' to 31' tops. The wife says she can't drive a class A so more likely a class C is in our future. I need to clean it up some an put it in Craigs list an maybe the RV classifieds.

Invasion USA

           If you doubt that America is being invaded, I would advise you to read the news. The Government has a death grip on the press but some stories are very difficult to suppress. This is nothing new an has been tolerated for decades by the public an our elected officials. The only way to topple the Constitutional Republic created over two hundred years ago will be from within. Yes it is an inside job and both major parties are involved. Yes I know there is a handful of Congressman raising a stink but they are few an far between. All illegals should be sent back to there Country of origin, no exceptions! That is the first action that needs to be taken. More an better fences an electronic surveillance with a buildup of Border Patrol and/or National Guard needs to be done. No driver licenses or ID's for any illegals. Oh and no sob stories, yes I feel their pain but you need to protect and serve our Country. If we don't like what is happening down South,in Mexico,Guatemala etc we either support actions to overthrow said Governments,nothing new here. Or possibly invade this has happened before earlier in the past century so it is not like we the USA have not done it before. This is my view on this invasion going on right now. We need to start calling it what it is an invasion. This will probably not happen but I'm getting old an just feel like putting my 2 cents in this what I feel is the biggest problem facing our Nation.