Producing your own power : how to make nature's energy sources work for you. [Wind power. Electric ity from the wind : ready-made units ; Do-it-yourself wind generators ; Water power. Small water power sites ; Building a hydraulic ram ; Wood power. Heating and cooking with wood ; Methane power. Methane gas digesters for fuel and fertilizert; Our four-cow bio-gas plant ; Solar power. Space heating with solar energy; Homemade solar water heaters; Appendix I : Combining alternate energy systems]

Stoner, Carol Hupping. [Henry Clews, James B. DeKorne, Ken Kern, Sharon and James Whitehurst, Robert F. Girvan, Steven M. Ridenour, Donald Marrier, Ronald Weintraub, Eugene & Sandra Fulton Eccli, Erick Ingraham]

ISBN 10: 0878570888 / ISBN 13: 9780878570881

Published by Emmaus, PA : Rodale Press, Book Division, 1974, 1976., 1976

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1st ed., 7th printing ; 322 p. illus. 23 cm. ; ISBN: 0878570888; 9780878570881 LCCN: 74-10765 ; OCLC: 934750 ; LC: TJ153; Dewey: 621.4 ; yellow cloth with black lettering in color pictorial dustjacket with edge nicks ; Contents: Wind power. Electric ity from the wind : ready-made units / Henry Clews -- Do-it-yourself wind generators / James B. DeKorne -- Water power. Small water power sites ; Building a hydraulic ram / Volunteers in Technical Assistance (VITA) -- Wood power. Heating and cooking with wood / Ken Kern -- Methane power. Methane gas digesters for fuel and fertilizer / The New Alchemy Institute West -- Our four-cow bio-gas plant / Sharon and James Whitehurst -- Solar power. Space heating with solar energy / Robert F. Girvan -- Homemade solar water heaters / Steven M. Ridenour -- Appendix I : Combining alternate energy systems / Donald Marrier, Ronald Weintraub, and Sandra Fulton Eccli -- Appendix II : Conservation of energy in existing structures / Eugene Eccli. ; VG/VG.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Producing your own power : how to make nature's energy sources work for you. [Wind power. Electric ity from the wind : ready-made units ; Do-it-yourself wind generators ; Water power. Small water power sites ; Building a hydraulic ram ; Wood power. Heating and cooking with wood ; Methane power. Methane gas digesters for fuel and fertilizert; Our four-cow bio-gas plant ; Solar power. Space heating with solar energy; Homemade solar water heaters; Appendix I : Combining alternate energy systems]
• Publisher: Emmaus, PA : Rodale Press, Book Division, 1974, 1976.
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0878570888
• ISBN 13: 9780878570881
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catalog 60 - General

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Synopsis

Investigates the underlying principles and potential of new approaches to small-scale power production involving wind, water, organic wastes, wood, and solar energy