Virginia Gun Owners Forum - VGOF

I don't subscribe to this magazine, but I do visit their website occasionally. Lots of articles for "self-reliant living." Massad Ayoob writes articles for them, too.
http://www.backwoodshome.com/index.html

I often fantasize about solar power and a geothermal heat system allowing me a gigantic F&$^ YOU to both ApCo and Roanoke Gas respectively.

Problem is those systems would set me back tens of thousands.

Yeah, the break even point is not looking too good for me either. Even with my gubmint subsidy money

OakRidgeStars wrote:Yeah, the break even point is not looking too good for me either. Even with my gubmint subsidy money

I think I'd have to live to 130 to break even.

Solar power and heating with hot water is not as easy as it seems.
In the early 80's I owned a welding co. and subed the making of water stoves.
Black iron water tanks are going to rust without a water treatment to prevent rust.
I had 7-4'x8' solar panels on a tracking system.
Believe you me it was a pain to keep this system working.
The house was about 2400 sq ft and the stove required 10 cord of hardwood to keep the house at 70 degrees for a NC winter of use.
The solar panels were not all that they were cracked up to be.
I soon learned that if I had the time and energy to take care of the systen to keep it working then maybe, just maybe I could have reaped some benefits, but it was not worth the effort.
I sold the panels some years after Uncle sam gave me my break.
Keep your money, and wait until a proven systen is avaliable.

I wonder if this is the offshoot to the former magazine similiarly titled? It was a small publication, and the guy who ran it passed, leaving his wife (who couldn't care a thing about survival) to run it, and it just folded.

If it's the same authors, and articles, it's a fairly good mag! I still have all the back issues for 4 years worth, and there is little to ANY overlap on subjects! When they covered, "How to make your own dugout canoe?" They had a me at "firelapping"... they had me at "firelapping".

Hey awesome post! I'll definitely check out the link.