Off-grid post, 3-3-22

The latest order of solar parts is coming in. I unpacked it, but haven't done anything with it yet. The BMS will take a little more time to arrive. There is still more stuff to order, so that part is not yet complete.

Looking ahead, it will take a small construction project to set up the solar panels. I am thinking of making a stand to sit them on. The stand will also help in shading the west and south sides of the trailer. This will help in keeping down heat buildup, especially during the summer months. The stand will be on the southwest side, and it be set up high so as to avoid the shade.

There was a video in which someone made a DIY battery pack out of the same kind of cells that are in the unit I just received. It was able to run an 5000 BTU a/c for 30 minutes. The kind of cells on this battery pack can withstand a heavy draw sufficient to run an a/c. The video proves it. But not for long. Thirty minutes isn't long enough. There will be a need for greater capacity.

Eventually I could have a system that could run all my electrical needs. It is a matter of buckling down and getting it done.

The outside world will do what it does. Getting myself wrapped up in that will waste too much time.

Texas propostions on GOP primary ballot

Texas Propositions on Republican Primary Ballots

Information was obtained from the Texas Secretary of State Web page. I took a screen grab of the results and put it in a format that I can blog.

Note that these results are from the Republican Primary. The Democrat primary did not have these or any other propositions on that ballot. Why not? Perhaps they didn't want to know what their people thought on these matters? Or any other matter...

These might be dismissed as partisan, but if it were partisan only, then why not have the same propositions on the Democrat ballot??? Could it be that they don't want anyone to see that their initiatives were wildly unpopular? Remember that the San Francisco parents booted out some critical race theory proponents recently. You don't need any reminding that San Francisico is deep, deep blue.

Abbot v "Beto"

Texas Tribune-- 2022 Primary results

For those who may be interested, and I am, here's something about what happened yesterday. I voted, and have been curious about the results. There isn't a whole lot of info out there. Imagine that. Theoretically, everything is as close as a click away, yet I cannot find out the down ballot race results.

The top of the ballot is pretty easy. Some other races get some attention. But there was a lot more on that ballot than that. There were a number of propositions on the ballot. I would like to see the results of those. One of those propositions referred to the teaching of critical race theory. There were others. It would be interesting to see how they did.

The results of these may be in printed newspapers, like the Austin American Statesman. But the online version doesn't have much info. Perhaps the big city newspapers in Houston,Dallas, and San Antonio could have something more. I'll keep checking.

A check at chron dot com has yielded a bounty of election results. This will fill up some gaps, like who won the Senate seat up for grabs for this neck of the woods... Nobody won, there will be a run-off. The state rep for this area will have the incumbent as the GOP candidate. No change there, most likely. Still nothing on the propositions...

It would be news either way on the critical race theory results. Wonder why it isn't being reported on? Or do you have to wonder why?

By the way, the GOP voters outvoted the Dem voters 2 to 1 in the governor race. If this is any indication, Texas won't turn blue.

Full of themselves

Full of themselves

These people in DC think so highly of themselves that they think that they've got Putin on the ropes. Trump may be right, in a sense. When he called Putin a genius, it is only in comparison with these guys.

Of course, they are so used to fooling the rest of this country that they are believing their own BS. It may be true that Putin is getting slowed down, but in the end, he will prevail. Once again, the crew in DC will be seen as a ridiculous failure. You can bet that they'll try to find someone else to blame when Ukraine falls. Ukraine will fall.

Putin may mix brutality with a bit of old fashioned seige warfare. He appears to be setting up a seige. Eventually, Zelensky and company will have to surrender. Bereft of getting actual military intervention from the West, he is doomed. The crew in DC may rattle the sabers, but they aren't about to jump into this.

This outcome will likely have follow on effects that will be unpleasant. That why the crew in DC that can't shoot straight will have to find scapegoats.

I don't believe that there will be any nukes. None are needed.

Things may go a bit differently than this script, but there doesn't seem to be any reason for Putin to get panicky. It is likely all for show. The only people likely to be fooled by any of this is the American public. The media isn't into truth. If there was any of that, this administration would be in big trouble.

Off-grid post, 2-28-22

 

Back on the 16th, I bought a power module for a prospective solar powerwall system that I anticipate putting together. After a bit of a delay, the unit arrived recently, and I've been checking it out. Nothing else was ordered until today. The project is moving forward tentatively.

There's a lot to think about. That's why I am moving slowly. After all, my only experience with these things is my 100 watt solar panel system. It was something I bought in order to get some experience, and so I've had some experience with this really small system. The thing I am thinking about building can be much larger. It is also modular, so I can proceed SLOWLY.

Once I have confidence, I may speed it up, but for now, it's crawling along.

Solar power isn't cheap. Don't let anybody tell you that it is. If you build one yourself, there is a risk that you could screw up. That could be definitely ungood.

I thought about making a video of this, but I'll wait on that for now. I'm not trying to push myself off as some expert. If all goes well, perhaps I'll make a video for anybody interested in perusing it for anything that may be useful in their own projects.

That is, if I don't screw up. I'd prefer to not share my biggest screw ups with everybody. I have my vanity to consider.

A new, inexpensive catalyst speeds the production of oxygen from water

A new, inexpensive catalyst speeds the production of oxygen from water

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Also produces hydrogen. May be useful for fuel cell applications and others.

Still "years away" from production.

Doom?

There is this disquieting feeling that things may on the verge of getting much, much worse. Things have been good in this country for so long that people have no idea of what it is like for things to be pretty touch and go on a permanent basis. That could be upon us, and it could all happen rather quickly. Perhaps it has already happened with the so-called covid "pandemic".

The lying is constant and unrelenting. Supposedly this is a republic under the rule of law. But that is just not true. Those people running the show are not abiding by the rule of law, and without that, the republic cannot exist. Nor is it their favorite word- "democracy". It was never intended to be that, but it was supposed to be governed by law. Well, you can forget about that one. On that score, there are those who've been saying that for years. The "rule of law" is another one of those magical phrases that they use to lie to us. There is no such thing, and they lie about everything else all the time.

The business in Ukraine is just another big gigantic fake. Oh, there's something real going on there all right. But it has been in the cards and maybe even in the plans of the powers- that-be. There is so much crap going on behind the scenes that we'll never hear about. Maybe if the people really did know, they'd go out of their frickin' minds. This whole thing is probably some arrangement of those in charge of things. It is the excuse that they'll make for the increasingly bad conditions that we are being faced with.

If there's a real war with nukes, well maybe that's not planned. But it might as well be. If they cared anything about what "we the people" think, they wouldn't be doing the kind of crap that might start one. Accident or no accident, the fact that things are going down the poop chute is no accident. It could be a controlled fall or an uncontrolled one. But fall we must. The powers-that-be want a fall. But they don't want to suffer any of this themselves. That's for the little people. That's what all the international games, like the one in Ukraine, is all about.

Bottom line is that I don't believe them. Whatever happens didn't have to happen. This isn't new in history either. World War Two could have been avoided. If this turns into World War Three, you can bet your bippy that it was avoidable. Either the powers-that-be are too corrupt or too weak to do what it would take to avoid the really bad stuff. No matter what happens, things are not likely to come up roses. There's too much reason to believe otherwise.

It is not the point here to be a doomster. But a better way forward is just not in them. Otherwise, why all the frickin' lies?