Growing with Just Air & Sun
As the worm turns in the soil, eating and casting, the seeds start to grow and reach for the light in my four planters on the plant stand in the sunroom. I am told that new plants take in the energy during the day but grow at night. The fact that my plants are growing at all, day or night, when the temperature outside dips to below 0 is a real testimony to the five-pane window inserts in the sunroom. As you can see below in the daily readings there is almost a 50 degree difference between the temperature outside and the temperature inside. Since the electric heater only used about $2 of electricity the last 24 hours you can see that the heat was maintained by the 5-pane window inserts (AIR). Today I was thinking about affordable solar energy. With pockets of air and some solar, one could heat a home for practically no cost. Could it be that the solution to our winter heating bills is the air we breathe and the sun that shines? Does anyone reading this know much about affordable solar energy? I will share with you the not-so-secrets of using air to insulate and together we can make the world, at least in winter months in the north, rich with energy savings.
Speaking of seeing what has been right in front of you for a long time, a friend wrote me today saying not to be discouraged if persons at first do not hear you about the use of air pockets for affordable heating. He said just be persistent and consistent. Now that, being persistent and consistent, is something I can really do. Some might call me pesky rather than persistent and repetitious rather than consistent, but then again it is all in how you look at it. We do not perceive air as a heating device but it is, as sure as the air pockets between the hairs of a rabbit keep it warm. We are very slow to perceive the sun as a valuable source of heat, but it is, just as sure as the sun ovens I saw in Guatemala cook. (See Buried in Guatemala Day 6). In the spirit of the Obama election victory in Wisconsin today, let us say “Yes we can” heat with just air and sun.
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