Be your own power company and let Mother Nature provide the energy! By investing in affordable, new technologies, you can join the thousands of homeowners who get free electricity from the sun, wind and water. In this updated 2nd edition of Power With Nature, you'll learn how easy it is to use renewable energy to become self-sufficient and live well anywhere! * Off-Grid Solar PV, Wind & Micro-Hydro Systems * Homeowner Profiles ("Personal Power Companies") * Utility Grid-Tie Options * Sizing Your System * Charge Controllers, Inverters, Batteries * Putting It All Together Safely * Heating of House and Water: solar hot water, wood stoves/boilers, corn stoves, and more * Pumping Water * Extensive Appendices (worksheets, maps, resources), glossary, index

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"Readers who want to be completely self-reliant, who are looking for cost-effective solutions, or who are somewhere in the middle?all will find something useful here .... Ewing writes in a folksy, informal manner, and readers will find his hands-on primer worthwhile."