Power home from near free energy sources has been a topic of much discussion in the last couple of years and with good reason. The price of fuel is getting ridiculous and without justification, largely (I’ll stop there or I’ll be on a full blown rant in  a  minute or so).

Right now I’m in the process of deciding which route I am going to be using (Yes, I’m committed to becoming self-reliant). Through my own research, I’ve picked up some manuals and blueprints pertaining to perpetual motion machines which make electricity.  Of all the alternative energy sources, this one intrigues me the most.  In theory, once it’s built and running, it’s like a set and forget system. I love that! Next to no maintenance for free electricity. In theory, that is!

So far, there hasn’t been much in the way of proof that these units work well and for how long.  There are definite examples of this over-unity energy generator working and producing electricity but, to my knowledge, none have been tested in the field. That is, powering homes and buildings for any length of time.

These free electricity generators utilize a system of magnets to maintain the perpetual motion. It actually makes sense, to me any way.  As long as any frictional forces are out-weighed by the perpetual force, it should keep going. Then it’s a matter of using that spinning motion to create electricity (real layman speak here, sorry). It’s probably best illustrated visually.

I found this metacafe video which shows a working unit in Australia. It’s from an Australian News channel “Sky News Australia”.  Anyway, have a look:

Over Unity Magnetic Motor Home Generator Free Electricity

I found this quite fascinating and a bit scary too. What will the government do if we all learn how to power home from near free energy? How will they manage without all those billions and trillions in tax money, that they extort from the hard-working citizens? Many folks throughout history were on the verge of (or did) discover breakthroughs that would either cure some serious ailment (cancer or parkinson’s etc.), wipe out poverty or eliminate the need for fossil fuels and guess what?  They vanished or were found dead. I will say no more. But you know what I’m getting at.  As I mentioned earlier, I’m in research mode. So I’m just gathering books and e-books etc. This one here is quite interesting. It’s sort of like the basics and is a great place to start with. Scaling things up in size will be easy.

Solar Power & Wind Power

This is another avenue to power your home from near free energy that I have been looking at. Actually it was the first one I looked at until I discovered the stuff above about the perpetual motion machine.  I still haven’t ruled it out and as the technology becomes better quality and more reasonably priced, I think it will become even more popular. You can buy all the stuff to make your home solar powered right here (depending where you live U.S., Canada, U.K. although lots of sun may be a bit tough in parts of the U.K.) but you will pay through the bloody nose for all that you need to power the average house. Depending who you buy from and if they install or you do, plan on a minimum of $15,000 up to $40,000. Although there are rebates and incentive programs available through various governments, like this one in the U.S.

Too rich for me. I bought a blueprint/manual and learned that you can actually make many of the components, including the solar panels, for a fraction of the cost.  Or you can have much of the components shipped over from China. Their cost is much lower than here but so is the quality.  Having said that, from having communication with a couple of the manufacturers out there, they are really eager to work with us here and actually have English-speaking people available to make the communications go smoothly. I thought that was cool.

The wind power idea is also neat but there’s more to consider. Those windmills have a fair bit of mechanics (gears, reducers, transmissions etc.) and do require maintenance as there are a lot of frictional areas to consider. Also, you need to be in a locale that has a decent amount of wind to make it all worthwhile. No point in spending $5 – $6000 to only discover that the darn turbine won’t spin!

Everything that I’ve researched, bought and am planning, basically relates to residential alternative power sources. In Ontario, Canada there are now a number of the large scale wind turbines. The authorities will survey the area, examine weather conditions and wind patterns before making a decision. If it’s a go, then you will see up to hundreds of these massive turbines, concentrated in one area. Some of the farmers who have agreed and subsequently been approved for the wind turbiFree Energyne program are earning    thousands$ every month, leasing the land for these turbines.  Well, there’s always someone unhappy about something, isn’t there? Read this article from the Toronto Sun.

While wind energy may, in fact be the answer for the future, there are some very real drawbacks. Mainly the size and bulkiness of these turbines. Seriously, look at these wind machines, pictured here. While they are cool looking, they are bulky, detract from the view on the coast here and actually do have a very distinct sound.

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