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how can i design a system to move a 30 by 16 feet green house around my farm?

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Question by mimi hapa: how can i design a system to move a 30 by 16 feet green house around my farm?
just a simple system to move it around a short distance
its poly and i have 4 greenhouses, i want to design a system that i would use to move them, may be using rollers or wheels??? i dont know

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Answer by billy brite
Buy an old single wide junk mobile home, strip it down to the bare frame, then build your greenhouse on it. To make it 30′ long, you might have to weld some more steel to it.

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what are some ways to make your house greener?

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Question by : what are some ways to make your house greener?
I am writing a paper on how to make your house greener as in a better place for the earth and save money. What are some sujestions you have. Right now i have three subtitles; saving electricity, saving water, and recycling. What are some good things to put under these.

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Answer by †X€NØNN†
saving electricity:
using low consumption light bulbs.
using alternative energy sources to supplement the others , like solar power (can also be used for heating tough), wind power, hydroelectric power etc..

saving water, have a rain water collector (reservoir) and use a water filter/purifier, thus you save water.
we have one of those setups in our house, its simple and works very well.

recycling, well water used in the sink and such can be recycled to use to flush the toilet for example.

also we have a furnace used for heating , used the wood form 2 trees that needed to be chopped down cause they long since died and could have been dangerous.
with that wood we saved about 3500$ of heating, even if the wood is bought then you can still save up (at least here where gas-heating is very expensive)

besides that just don’t waste anything, and use biodegradable materials.

for refference I participated (and still am) in an extensive design of a house ( purely academic I doubt we will ever have it built, whereas i can’t send you the design..
i can give you a few details
for one
it had a beautiful garden with a waterfall was actually a part of the water filtration dispersion and sewage recycling system ( meaning it also watered the plants in the decorative garden and the lower lying vegetable garden)

the waterfall also provided a little energy by using a hydroelectric motor. which mostly powered the outdoor lights
also the house had quite large solar panels on the roof.
a natural water filtration system for the pool, and a water reservoir neatly built into the house,

large windows, and skylights offered natural light throughout the day, and an economic design of the house allowed more areas to be optimally light with just one light.

double layered isolation, and windows that can be simply set to let infrared light kept it warm during winter . and can be made totally opaque for privacy, or set to not allow some gamme of light through to keep the place from warming up in summer

it had an interior well equipped gym, and the machines where actually tied to dynamos to produce electricity when used. ( this is kinda prototyped as of now)
the electricity gained from it is substantial, but since its a pretty erratic source storage and use becomes a headache.

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Q&A: going green and building a tiny house?

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Question by Mark L: going green and building a tiny house?
I am interested in going as green as possible and building a house similar to the Tumbleweed Tiny Houses. I don’t want to buy their set of plans when I want to make my own design. Are there any good websites, books etc on easy portable architecture? I’m really just interested in the materials I’ll need and what-not, so it doesn’t fall down.

I’ve never done construction by my grandfather was a master woodworker and architect, any I am pretty good at building things, it’s in my blood.

So, where do I start?

http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/

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Answer by thor
Never heard of those houses, but start by going to Lowes or Home Depot and looking at their small sheds. I’ve thought many times how easy it would be to transform one into a house.

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Q&A: Starting a 600 sqf garden + green house. Whats the best plant to make money off of?

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Question by : Starting a 600 sqf garden + green house. Whats the best plant to make money off of?
Legal plants of course 😛

We’ve already started the obvious things such as carrots, corn, pumpkins, and watermelon.

But as far as selling crops at farmer markets or restaurants is there and “delicacies” such as mushrooms for example, or roses at nightclubs/fancy places? I’m based in the midwest of the United States.

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Answer by Ohiorganic
heirloom lettuces, raspberries, strawberries, arugula, leeks, etc.. are what get me the most money

I hope you mean 60,000 square feet (a little over an acre) and not 600 square feet for a market garden as 600 square feet will not grow much for marketing, especially if you let things like water melon and pumpkins take up half the space

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In 2012 when the Democrats retake the House, should we tax the rich?

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Question by : In 2012 when the Democrats retake the House, should we tax the rich?
We Say Enough is Enough!
End the Bush-era tax giveaways to banks, corporations and wealthy individuals.
Close corporate tax loopholes, especially billions in tax subsidies for the oil companies.
Raise new revenues by restoring 70% tax rate on incomes over $ 1 million.
Raise $ 150 billion a year by imposing a financial transaction tax on Wall Street speculation.
Cut the military budget by half. Bring troops home from Afghanistan and Iraq.
Create jobs in a major public works program to repair our nation’s infrastructure and to make our nation number one in “green industry.” Target the jobs to hard-hit inner city communities and the rural poor.
Fully fund a national health care program and drastically increase federal aid to education, Pell Grants, and other vital human needs programs.
Remove the cap on the Social Security payroll tax, so that CEOs and hedge fund managers pay the same rate as the rest of us.

http://www.cpusa.org/save-the-nation-tax-corporations-tax-the-rich/

We got it in Spanish too. You’ll find the link at the bottom of the page.

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Answer by Ms Boss
lol you’re funny.. There has only been three or four times in the history of America where the House has changed from a Republican majority to a Democrat majority….. it coincidentally seems to happen when the generation dies out, the generation that remembers what happens when democrats are in charge…

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HGTV Green Home Giveaway!?

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Question by gossip_palms: HGTV Green Home Giveaway!?
My mom is a little hopeful about winning the contest. I know its like one in a billion, but I have to stay positive for her. I have a couple of questions. Do you think you can add 2-3 more bedrooms or a bath or two if you win, coming from your own money? Is there enough land to do so? See, well we have a 5 bedroom, 3 bath, half an acre lot, now in metro ATL… So it wouldn’t be big enough, but hey its a free house. So, we were thinking if we win, we can make it like a summer home or add some bedrooms, sell our house, and go live in SC. We are probably not that far away… Which one do you think is a better idea if we win? How is the area around there? I’m an Native Floridian so I don’t know much about the area? How are the schools? Is Hardeeville by the beach, and do they get hurricanes? Any feedback is fine. Thanks, good luck everyone!

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Answer by krvawt88
I hope you are kidding.

It’s called the GREEN house, not ‘use-more -energy- because -we- are- adding- more- rooms’ house. If you win, and you use it like a summer home… again, you are still using too much energy for having two houses. Does your family NEED two houses? Does anyone? No, I really don’t think so.
This is probably towards the top of the list on being hypocritical and selfish. You don’t care about being green, you care about winning a house.

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