Aly’s Home!

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Mark Zeiger

Aly arrived home for Christmas on Monday! Now our Christmas season progresses full speed ahead. For all we cared, we could have rolled the trail up behind us as we hiked home, and not resurfaced till after the new year. Continue reading →

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EROEI

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Mark Zeiger

“Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.” —Carl Sandburg

The acronym EROEI is slowly gaining prominence, although not nearly fast enough for the future of modern civilization. It stands for “energy returned on energy invested.” Continue reading →

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