Sustainable Scott

Well this is a old video but newly released. It all started last summer when a friend of mine named Jared, showed me a youtube video about back yard foundry's. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. So I went home and tried to do it myself.  I started by cutting the top off a old steel fire extinguisher. If you go to your trash dump yard you should be able locate some free ones for the taking. At the city dump in Tx there was a giant pile of them.   Here is the original instruction video I learned how to make the furnace.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHD10DjxM1g  This thing worked great. We used it and it actually melted hundreds of cans.  Here is what you need to build it.  bag of sand,                 3.25  Plaster of Paris .         7.50   Aluminum  bucket     6.50  Steel pipe was             4.50              but used from a old project.   And everything else we had on hand.  Blowdryer    make sure not to use hot air on th

http://share.solarcity.com/sustainablescott Follow the above link if your serious about getting solar panels for free.  If you want solar panels for free and have decent credit this is by far the easiest way to go. I have a 10,000 kilowatt system. I paid nothing out of pocket and it took less than 3 months from call to finish.  Since the panels have been installed, my electricity went down by 100$ a month. The plan I have is 3 cents more per kilowatt then my old electric company.  Which to most people it would not seem to be a smart business decision to add more cost to their electricity bill.   The key here is with Solar City you have the instant ability to monitor your electricity.  You can see real time, down to the cent, how much your electricity cost.  My AC unit cost 45 cents a hour, and my fridge cost 3 cents a hour. I walked around my house and turned everything off and turned one thing on at a time to calculate how much each electric device in my house uses.  Then we u

Disclaimer!!! No one knows when it will happen. It could be tomorrow, or it could be ten years from now. But make no mistake, it will happen. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/01/15/gone-stocks-rob-15t-investors-year/78845082/ http://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/jan/12/sell-everything-ahead-of-stock-market-crash-say-rbs-economists http://www.profitconfidential.com/stock-market/u-s-stock-market-crash-in-2016/ http:// thesovereigninvestor .com/exclusives/80-stock-market-crash-to-strike-in-2016/ Here is the deal. It's not the end of the world. Its not the Apocalypse. It is simply a financial crisis. A crisis which has reached epidemic proportions. When it happens, people will surly call it the apocalypse and criminals will wreak havoc in the streets. People will hurt each other just to survive. Or out of fear of the end of the world, people will cause chaos.  There will be a period of instability when we reach the climax of our economic situation. This wi

It all starts with that perfect craigslist ad. I saw this and thought WOW those would make some perfect raised beds. I only had a hour for lunch and this place was 24 min away it was going to be a close trip haha. But sustainable Scott doesn't make excuses he just makes it happen. I got permission from my boss incase I was a little bit late. Then I loaded up the truck and got on the way.  When I got here it was a little confusing because this was a large warehouse and there were signs that said no trespassing. I drove through the gate and went all the way around the building then I saw them. Who would have thought that trash would be so beautiful. But one mans trash is another mans treasure. lol I got home with two minuets to spare. Then I waited til after work to unload and then next day during lunch I went to pick up all the soil. Just to save everyone some wasted money and time I will share my experience with soil costs. For the longest time I used to pur

There have been a few times in my life when I felt like a sign, a sign that I was on the right track. Over and over I in my life I have faced hardship only to be renewed by something much greater. Well on Sunday it happened again.  I was hanging out with my wife and daughter at the house while I was just doing some browsing on craigslist.  I ran across this post. I thought wow they have a trampoline. Over the last few months I have ran across a few ads for trampolines and I was too late as other people already beat me to it. Today I wasn't going to let that happen. I immediately responded by email and got in the truck to head over.  When I got there no one was at the house and I knocked on the door and saw inside it was completely empty.    I walked around back and saw in the drive way a bunch of miscellaneous items and several craigslist crack heads rummaging through the items.  I opened the gate and saw the trampoline, hot tub, and playset. I thought wow! What am I go

Why Sustainability???  Why does it matter? I realized I started this blog about sustainable living and I haven't shared why yet... Global warming is my number 1 reason for starting sustainable Scott  !! Haha no I'm just kidding, It would be such a cop out to just say global warming and leave it at that.  I mean I believe the Earth is getting warmer, science tells us that. But science also tells us the earth was in a ICE age and it ended about 12  Thousand years ago.  So for me, the term "Global Warming" In itself is a fallacy. The earth has been warming for 12 thousand years lol.  Now as for pollution, carbon emissions and such, this is another story. I don't think anyone would go up to a running car and take a deep breath of the air coming out of the tail pipe. If they did they would surly be  a imbecile. . If its not good enough for us to breath in then how could it be good for the earth?   Two years ago I had the pleasure of taking a environmental science