Laying out the support frame.  As mentioned before, the south facing roof on our house is taken up with the solar hot water system.  The only mounting option for the photovoltaic system was to build a sun shade type support frame in the yard. The...

I have had a pretty good year with the solar business thus far.  Therefore, I decided to roll some of this year’s profits into our own Photovoltaic (PV) system.  This idea has been batted about before, including as a battery back up for the sump...

I think Congressmen should wear uniforms like NASCAR drivers so we could identify their corporate sponsors. Or have term limits.

From last Sunday, October 11, 2009.  I though for sure that there would be a good amount of color along the Husdon River, however, likely due to the micro climate induced by the warmer river water, the trees were mostly green.  Around the Casa De...

After years of work and hurculean efforts by all those involved, the Walkway over the Hudson opened last night.  The original  structure, the Poughkeepsie Rail Road bridge was built in 1888 to to carry rail traffic over the Hudson, mostly coal trains...