Homemade Wind Power by Layne Erickson

I found this fantastic set of YouTube videos on how to build your own wind turbine out of easily attainable and fairly inexpensive materials. Basically, it is made out of PVC, a used GM car alternator with new innards, and a few nuts and bolts. The video is broken down into three parts. Below are direct links to the three different videos:

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3


The person who built the wind generator is Layne Erickson. I think he did a fantastic job and put together a very, simple enough, but effective, turbine. I'm hoping to see more from him and also to find out how many of these that he has in action, especially with him powering all of the tools in his workshop.

As I find more of these types of presentations, I will post them as I come across them.

Enjoy!

Taxes - McCain vs. Obama

I've been in the middle of debating various people on this subject, as I'm being told that Obama is going to raise taxes for everyone. I find it very hard to believe and decided to research these claims. A site that I look to for various information is Snopes.com. I decided to review the information that they had on this subject and here is an article they had whether or not this was true. I'm not going to quote everything that they mentioned, but based on their research, Obama isn't going to raise taxes for everyone, just those that make more than $227,000 a year.

The other big topic that everyone has been discussing is the Capital Gains Tax. According to the article, both McCain and Obama are stating that they're leaving intact the capital gains exemption for the first $500,000 per household of profit from the sale of a primary residence. Those with a higher profit would most likely see a higher tax under an Obama presidency.

I advise reading the article, as it explains a lot and explains the truths and fallacies.