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The Real Goods Solar Living Sourcebook: The Complete Guide to Renewable Energy Techologies and Sustainable Living (9th ed)

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I found some chapters to be excellent, others less so. The less technical chapters especially seemed to be a lot of "feel good" inspiration without a lot of practical value unless you live in a place with good rain, moderate climate, running streams, and no neighbors. Lotsa luck. The technical chapters on solar and energy savings were much better, and make up about 75% of the book. Well worth the money, but some of the editorial comment reminds of the sixties

This book provides not only basic information on sustainable living topics such as solar pannels, wind generators, electric vehicles, and gardening; but it also refers you to other excellent books on the subjects. If you still have questions, you can call Real Goods or e-mail them, and they will help you out any way they can. They are excellent people, and the Solar Living Sourcebook shows their dedication. I am VERY impressed with this book and reccomend it to anyone and everyone!

I found this book to be a very informative and well researched compendium of information for those who wish to learn more about independant living. This book is an excellent mixture of common sense advice (based on real world experience), technical information and a practical guide to a myriad of products. It may not be everything I wanted to know about a new subject but it comes as close to delivering that as any book I have ever read. Good job!

At least for anyone looking to cheese off the oil and power companies!! This book has paid for itself a dozen times over in the money I have saved in electrical costs! The tech chapters were over my head, but my electrician understood them and (thank God) was willing to try something new! A fine book!!