Where would we be without electricity? Our modern world uses electricity for computers, as I'm writing this article, television and radio that entertain and inform us, for the amplification of music and recording, for refrigerators and freezers that keep food fresh, light for reading and a million other things.

However there is a cost, financial, of course, no such thing as free energy, renewable energy encyclopedia that goes on and on? And of course there is an environmental cost, what happens with free renewable energy or green power free, if you prefer?

By Of course, energy is available, but is in the interests of energy companies and governments to inform you about the free energy. For companies generating energy, energy that is free for you is anathema. Governments can set targets for green energy and reducing harmful emissions, but most of them are too dumb to see that they can still make their money from taxes, or too indebted to big business for campaign donations will be to make a change.

His argument is that renewable energy simply can not replace nuclear, gas or oil or coal power plants, simply too much power is needed. Well, I'm here to give you some simple logic, I hope you will agree with my deductions and take action.

First of However, any self-renewable, renewable energy and reduce our dependence on dirty and / or hazardous large power plants. All free energy is part of the solution, not part of the problem. What may surprise is just how much of a contribution you can do to solve the pollution problem, while saving large amounts of hard earned cash. One dollar, pound or euro saved is a dollar, pound or euro earned right!

During the past six years I have been living in a small yacht. Now I am an electrician and I do not know about ampere hours and all that. What I do know is this, I have two solar panels relatively small in the wheelhouse roof and a wind generator mounted on a pole on the stern of my boat. I have six batteries, two large truck starter batteries for diesel the motor on the yacht and four deep discharge batteries of a golf cart for domestic supply.

The batteries do not power, of course, only storage. Now, when I began to live on my boat did not have much money, so I would use a marina in winter, when the price falls and I anchored in the bays or rivers almost all summer. I took a gas emergency generator along and, of course, if I run the diesel engines for the generator will make energy. But what surprised me was that I could sit at anchor for weeks on end, running a refrigerator, using my computer to write, watch DVD's, WiFi go on line if available, is running an anchor light at night, all night, and the light of the cabin at night and never need to run the generator or diesel engine.

It is true that I used bottled gas for cooking or hot drinks, but that's because I would have to run an inverter to get the voltage up to electric kettle or hot plate. However, occasionally I would like to navigate to a new location, sometimes a day sail, sometimes through the night. I want to protect engine starting batteries for emergencies, but there was enough energy in household batteries, even after weeks in the anchor to sail and use the autopilot, and even the navigation lights at night and, without turning off the refrigerator compressor either.

What I mean is my experience shows that two small solar panels and a wind generator can produce enough energy to cover most domestic waste needs of a person Careful. So what happens if you're a family of four or more? Well to begin with probably lives in a house big enough, so if the ceiling was covered with solar panels that could provide an enormous amount of free renewable energy for your family. As a family does not use four times the power of an individual, not, be times that are all in the same room, sharing the light and heat, perhaps watching the same TV program. Not always, of course, but four people in four always use more energy houses four people living in the same property. Free wind, solar and free can make a big difference in your bank account and was making an investment in the future of the planet for their children.

Not only in my word, information on the subject is widely available. You can even purchase their own plans to build solar panels and wind turbine in the country. You can not get their positions of power to zero, although it could be done with enough area of solar panels and a series of wind turbines, but if you and your neighbors all start using these technologies, if more and more people adopt open systems renewable energy trend for more and more power is reversed. It might even be a new hobby or a business opportunity for you. Energy free, watch now, because the world is changing.

Malcolm Snook is author of the book ‘Of Land, Sea And Sky’, he has been an explorer, sailor, skydiving instructor, car and motorcycle racer as well as an entrepreneur and businessman. Find out more about free, environmentally friendly power at http://www.freepowerknowhow.com

Emmylou Harris – Sailing Around The Room, Amsterdam 27-09-08