I wonder what Gabriola’s guerrilla knitters would make of this wind knitting factory: The Wind Knitting Factory is a temporary factory – a mechanical wind-knitting machine – that illustrates a sustainable production process and demonstrates in a direct way that you can produce a viable product using only urban wind power. [continue, see photo]
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Remember the questions Michael Mehta asked us about living off-grid on Gabriola? The resulting Shingle article (Living off-grid: Is this something you should consider?) is now out. One of the things Michael says in the article is: …it’s clear to me that wind resources on Gabriola Island are more than adequate to power small-scale turbines [...]
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Here’s one for all you Gabriola do-it-yourself types: How Kevin Harris built a wind generator in his back yard for $150.00. He wrote: Lately I’ve been spending a great deal of time working on ways to generate my own electricity. It isn’t a necessity for me yet, but someday being electrically self-sufficient could really come [...]
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