Tips On Where To Find Raw Cheap Material For Your Green Power Plant

Sure, it would be nice to able to afford a fancy array of solar panels or a sleek new wind turbine towering above your home, creating your own home's power! However, these systems cost thousands of dollars.

In this age of economic uncertainty, not many of us can afford to fork over that kind of dough, waiting years to recoup what we invested. Sure, you'd do your share to help the environment, but jeez! That's a lot of money, right?

If the powers that be really wanted to make the use of solar and wind affordable, I'm absolutely certain they could find a way. But, as we all know, Big Oil and Big Business go golfing with Big Government - ya know how it goes - it's disgusting.

I had to find some way to become more energy self-reliant. I discovered there is absolutely no reason for you to rely on your local utility company - undoubtedly part of a huge conglomerate that obviously, albeit immorally, lobbies to help shape policies that effect, ultimately - your utility bill!

Well, here's something the big energy companies don't want you to know: You can build your own alternative energy system for home, and create homemade energy for cheap - with just a little knowledge, and a few hours of your time. (maybe a weekend if you're extremely DIY challenged!)

It takes a little scavaging around on ebay, craigslist, and such for things like ac/dc converters, broken solar cells that you can easily solder together, etc., but there are some great deals out there.

You can even call around to golf courses and see if you can luck out with some old golfcart batteries that can be refurbished for super cheap. Forklift batteries work great as well. Check out large warehouses, repair shops, whatever you can think of. Often, if you explain what you need the batteries for, they'll just give them to you, intrigued by the idea that you're building your own home's power plant!

Another way to find raw materials for free is visiting construction and demolition sites. Scrap plywood, metal beams, all that stuff can be used.

There is no way in hell you're gonna pay those ridiculous prices for retail solar and wind turbine units - I mean it'd be nice, but I'm one of the 95% of us, and I'd say with near complete certainty, you are as well.

So, of course I'm not an engineer, electricity scares the crap out of me, since I have shocked myself a few times trying my best to be a handyman for the wifey! But I can follow instructions pretty well. And I realized I'm a pretty good scavanger.

I reviewed quite a few products on the web, and finally decided to go with the one with the best legitimate reviews. Duh...right? But I couldn't freakin believe how easy it was to read and follow.

I was excited, to say the least. I tackled my first project, a small solar panel, just to kinda figure out how it all works, within days. It worked, and it was on to the real deal!

My goal is: Ultimately, screw 'em and live off the grid! It's possible, believe me.

I live in a suburban neighborhood, not in a cabin in the woods, and i built my own solar panels, generators, wind turbine, and a battery rack with attached converter to almost completely power my home within a month. With stuff that most likely would have ended up in a landfill! It's freakin awesome what a little sanding and some fresh paint can do!

By the way, If you're going to go through the trouble of building a green energy system for your home, make sure your home is already energy-efficient. But I'm sure you already knew that!

Happy hunting, my friends!

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