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This entire thread, especially the above quote, literally got me to "LOL" (laugh out loud). And yes, that abbreviation is an ode to the beginning of this thread

Best of luck j8ey! And in an effort to not just make a pointless post, if you're really into being sustainable check out burning grass pellets. I only recently discovered it and it looks really promising.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2V_fJJiI4s

Perhaps I should have mentioned that I was talking to a bunch of 4th generationers who debated and concluded the best way to skin a rabbit, I never actually got my hands on one haha. Never bought up the gutting with them yesterday.

So, looks like some progress is being made on the working front, have a nice lead to follow up this afternoon which is an encouraging moral boost! Have also been introduced to grass pellets (link in post above), a potential way to create energy without the use of solar/wind/peddle power. My gut tells me burning materials fundamentally wasteful though so some more research clearly needs to be done on this topic, does anybody have any experience with grass pellets as a source of energy? Or maybe a more open question, what do you think is the most efficient way to create head and kinetic energy from sustainable resources? Any personal experience of building magnetic motors (successful or failed) would be a win.