DIY Home Repairs

Friday, November 28th, 2008

This is a great visual aid in fixing some basic things around the house.  For those of you that are not very handy around the house this guide may be just the thing for you.  This page also might save you hundreds of dollars in the long run around the house.  Check it out if [...]

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Save bucks in the winter

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

This looks like a really cool thermostat for your home.  It is programmable by WiFi.  You can even control your thermostat while you are on the road.  If you are out of town you can shut it down.  On your way back home? Turn on the heat so it will be nice and toasty when [...]

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Over 120 MPG!!!!

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

This car is a diesel that is apparently going to be sold or is being sold in Europe.  Its called the Loremo which stands for low resistance mobile.  Seems it doesn’t meet US safety standards but it gets well over 120 MPG.  Can you image in that? Now imagine if you did it on biodiesel… [...]

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Prius gets over 100mpg!!!

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Wow, this is cool. This guy modified his Prius to carry more batteries and has thereby increased his  mileage by a great deal.  Video quality is poor here but he states that this project is relatively easy to do.  Don’t know about you but if I had a Prius I would be working on this [...]

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Fuel up for around $0.80 a gallon…

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Just to be fair, I have talked some about biodiesel but am just starting to get into CNG cars.  These are cars that run on Compressed Natural Gas, like the stuff you run your stove on but compressed into a high pressure tank.  Anyway, this is another way to help protect, or not hurt, our [...]

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