Teotwawki
One (more) man's outlook on the grand finale.
Efficiency, the Biggest Step
Forget all the RE stuff for now. A killowatt saved is a killowatt earned.
157 Index
HP65 through 70.
Columns
114 Word Power
Absolute power defined.
122 Power Politics
Waste Not... The nukes are twisting the Fed's arms for the right (?) to litter forever.
126 ipp
Corporate acquisitions everywhere. What does it mean for the health of the RE movement?
130 Code Corner
The Code summarized; RE installation checklist; system users manual.
136 Home & Heart
Feedback, new cookbook, and the bees' knees.
143 The Wizard
Energy in free space.
151 Ozonal Notes
HP & RE grows, guerrillas rise up, net metering, and energy fairs everywhere!
Regulars
6 From Us to You
80 HP's Subscription Form
81 Home Power's Biz Page 140 Happenings—RE Events
144 Letters to Home Power
153 Q&A
155 Micro Ads
160 Index to Advertisers
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April marked the beginning of the season for energy fairs and all those installation and maintenance projects we've put off over the winter.
Arcata's 8th annual Renewable Energy Fair kicked off the fair season with a fantastic exposition. The fair's pride and joy was its new 1.2 KW PV array powering the main stage, in spite of the fog rolling in mid-afternoon. There was also a 350 watt system that powered the secondary performance stage. (At least there wasn't an earthquake or rain, as has happened in the past.)
Bart Orlando did up some popcorn in his huge parabolic cooker. Pedal-powered smoothies were slurped by the masses. Kudos go to solar bozos Sean Armstrong and Steve Sakala of the Campus Center for Appropriate Technology at Humbold State University. They weren't clowning around when they organized one of the best REFs ever.
New to the fair was a long row of pre-owned EVs, all courtesy of one of the nation's first used EV dealerships, Arcata ElectriCar. Another special treat was a veggie oil-powered, 2 ton truck from a local organic farm. The owner picks up fryer grease at local restaurants when he brings his produce to town, then takes the oil back to the farm for processing into diesel fuel.
Summer is here, so it's time to raise the tilt of your modules and do your annual greasing of the wind genny. It's also time to finalize your plans for attending the other fairs around the country. Please join the Home Power crew at the Midwest Renewable Energy Fair in Amherst, Wisconsin, June 18-20; at SolWest in John Day, Oregon, July 24-25; and at the Southwest Renewable Energy Fair in Flagstaff, AZ, September 18-19, 1999.
-Michael Welch, for the Home Power crew
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Eric Kindseth
Stan Krute
Don Kulha
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Karen Perez
Richard Perez
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Benjamin Root
Mick Sagrillo
Joe Schwartz
Allan Sindelar
Jon Tiedemann
Phil Undercuffler
Michal Vojtisek-Lom
Carol Weis
Michael Welch
Eric Westerhoff
John Wiles
Steve Willey
Dave Wilmeth
Myna Wilson
Ian Woofenden
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—Lou Ann Washington, page 32
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