Laugh in the Box: CNN - Urban Homesteaders Videos

cdubb3 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - I love it great clip .

tfbbm Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - RATE everything. EMBEDS count as VIEWS. GOVERNMENT and CORPORATION'S are Watching You.SHOVE IT in their face. And, tell everyone to RATE everything everywhere when You have nothing to COMMENT.

cookingupastory Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Right arm! Living the dream! You guys continue to be awesome and awe-inspiring!

SEElovEverywhere Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - i took our lawn out 9 years ago and planted strawberries, also had a seminar here on permaculture, but still have a lot to do, want to get grey water system, and rain barrels, thanks for the inspiration!

6782485 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Thanks for the inspiration!

bionicmisfit Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - This is what kept this country going during the Depression...and in the war years when everything was rationed (except for the filthy rich and war profiteers) we had Victory gardens just like this. You are looking at the immediate future...especially after this November. Living at harmony with Nature can make an unbelievable difference in your life.

5starrater1 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - so inspiring - thanks. Just planted carrots today.

sampsonoff Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - smelly hippies....gotta love em!they must have hid the pot plant...

KawhackitaRag Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - awesome!

HumanTruth0000 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Awesome u guys are on CNN showing what u do to larger audience around the world.

JeffreyRodriguez Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - I think it's awesome that you guys are getting coverage like this.I'm working on a bit of urban homesteading myself. Congrats, I love what you do, and the inspiration you generate.

feralkevin Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - What if every suburban house was like this?

nariaga Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - What an inspiration!!!Great way to live,an good for our enviroment....

vidensodoacer Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Yeah, we all live in a Southern, coastal, Californian climate. Practice this in a Minnesotan climate for continuous years and I will be inspired. At least I'll live cheaply and not freeze to death in the winter. Literally.

johnlvs2run Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - I like the solar oven.With all that, why does it still cost $25,000 a year?

RjPSpaceInvader Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - This is one of the Greatest Videos Ive Seen..THANKS dnhooligan for finding this one

marchbabymimi Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - It's true that they're in California, but Eliot Coleman does this in Maine. It is possible in most of the continental US.

caleacat Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Maybe because there's property tax and bills. Everyone can't live with 0 dollars.

northhusky2 Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - thats awesome

AKAGl Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Or you can, you know, just spin the blades with the bike and not lose a massive amount of work energy to inefficiencies with converting it from kinetic to electrical energy and back again.

utubehayter Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - the conversion from mechanical to electrical and electrical back to mechanical energy is very efficient - the method of usage however makes it much more efficient to simply produce the electric power you need, and then keep using it over time. The way the lady is doing it - it will take much more energy to manage/compensate for the wear and tear on the equipment. Please learn some engineering beyond high school physics.

AKAGl Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - The average person can produce between 125 and 200 watts of electricity on a bicycle generator.If you have a low power blender, then it would probably work. Seems like it'd be faster to just skip the middleman though.

utubehayter Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - Yes, but an average person takes a long time to warm up and then cool down from the exercise. On the other hand, most of the blender power is wasted in blenders, spinning - literally (hence my recommendation of a grinding stone). Electric motors usually tend to be very efficient but less so if not loaded or motor winding not right. It makes much more sense to generate as much power, when you can where you want and then utilize it later when you want and where you want for more efficient tools.

utubehayter Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - And yes, you may spin the blender most efficiently by pedaling directly - but the objective of the activity is not spinning the blade, rather grinding the food items. If you focus on the true objective and not the means, you can come up with much better ideas. The problem with these green techniques are not entering them, but sustaining life with them - mostly because of quick solutions that seem good at first glance, but painful in long run - hence people quit if they don't get "used" to it.

gaiatechnician Says:

Dec 3, 2008 - I have a new type of solar cooker I would like them to try. "Compound" parabolic. I will have templates to download soon. It is good for up to 3 hours of unattended cooking at a time.Brian.