by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 24, 2004
Road Blocks to Solar Electric Installation Effective January 1, 2004, the Minnesota Department of Commerce in cooperation with Xcel Energy (we are not part of their grid down here in the SE corner of MN) have extended the solar rebate program across the entire...
by Alan Stankevitz | Jan 13, 2004
Global Warming Close to Home In the past week dire predictions have been made by scientists (Nature 427 , 107 – 109 ) regarding global warming and the mass extinction of life upon this planet. Predictions of 1 out of every 10 species of plants and animals may...
by Alan Stankevitz | Dec 23, 2003
Home for the Holidays It’s been a while since I last wrote and well, there has been a lot of things going on other than working on the house. After Thanksgiving, I spent a couple of weeks at the house making holiday gifts for family and friends. The house has...
by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 25, 2003
Strange Times in the Twilight Zone For the last few years, I have been watching every November for the Leonid meteor shower and it has never been disappointing. (Even when I had to drive to Tennessee for clear skies!). Last year’s event produced the most meteors...
by Alan Stankevitz | Nov 8, 2003
Got the Cloudy Weather Blues It’s bad enough for the psyche when the weather turns dark and gray, but it doesn’t help with the heating bill either. Nine straight days of cloudy weather has pretty much depleted all of the solar heat storage and in doing so,...
by Alan Stankevitz | Oct 26, 2003
Snap, Crackle, Pop – Cordwood Wall Sounds Lately I’ve had a hankerin’ for Rice Krispies® and I just can’t figure out why. Could it be that the cordwood walls have been talking to me again? Yes, those three strange sounds once heard while...
