Free Access to Electricity

Jump on the Bandwagon for Free Electricity

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:34:00 +0000

I firmly believe that homes and businesses can be run on free electrical energy and should be run on free electrical energy. The grids and other electrical supply setups currently in use are...

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Think Outside the Box and Generate Own Energy

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:45:00 +0000

The International Tesla Electric Company ITEC) plans to install a revolutionary new "Permanent Magnet" generator at no cost to a limited number of U.S. and Canadian residents - source:...

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Electricity must be Free to Everyone

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:56:00 +0000

There is no reason electricity should not be free world wide. I repeat, there is no logical reason electricity should not be absolutely free at all times. The basis of Capitalism is that access...

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Teepee's Along the Pomme de Terre

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:47:00 +0000

Back before the Ozarks became civilized by electricity, and even before that really, the Kickapoo Indian tribe lived happily on one side of the Pomme de Terre River and the new settlers and their...

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Windmill Homes in the Ozarks

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:54:00 +0000

This windmill is starting to look real inviting to live in -- plenty of space to live inside and the bonus is that the entire home functions as a generator. What a pleasant village it would be with...

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How Vulnerable is Your Home to Blackouts

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:38:00 +0000

I would like very much to have my own source of electrical energy for several reasons: One, I'd save enough money to call the savings a second income. Two, I could relax, knowing I would not have my...

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Electricity in England in 1930s

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000

Here is a glimpse into the 1930s to 1950s in England. 1930s English Kitchen: cooker, fridge, iron, washing machine, vacuum cleaner, ceiling light and fire. 1930s English Sitting Room: fire,...

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Great Depression of 1939

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Life during the 1930s when the land blew away in great clouds of dust and no one could get a job so many families went to bed without a meal; when there was no social net to catch families before...

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Turning on the Lights

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Electricity seemed to be a miracle when it first came out. Although the lighting was harsh compared to a glowing fire or a kerosene lamp, it was brighter and easy to use. But as many are finding...

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Rural Electricity Comes to Nebraska in 1939

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

The short article below was written by Claudia Reinhardt and Bill Ganzel and is published on Wessels Living History Farm website -- best website I've come across about the Great Depression. Bringing...

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Kerosene Lamps and the Bedroom Betsy

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Before the REA strung electric lines to connect rural homes, a few farmers bought battery systems to run lights, crude appliances and, most important, a radio. And to get lights before electric...

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Rural Electric Bill of Rights

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Electric cooperative utilities are unique in that they are owned and controlled by the consumers they serve. In an evolving restructuring of the entire electric industry, electric cooperatives are...

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About Co-ops

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I found this information on the National Rural Electric website. You can visit their page explaining what a rural electric co-op is all about. About Co-ops Basically, the principles of a rural...

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Letter to Editor of Rural Missouri and his reply

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0000

I wrote the following letter to the editor of Rural Missouri concerning the recent rate hikes during a major recession: 'Southwest Electric Co-op raised its rates to members earlier this year. Even...

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"Owned By Those We Serve"

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:05:00 +0000

Southwest Electric Co-op's slogan is "Owned by those we serve." SEC is "committed to providing quality residential an commercial electrical service at the lowest possible cost." They provide...

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Rural Missouri and Light Lines Publications

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:59:00 +0000

This is all the information I could gather from Southwest Electric Cooperative website. All members do receive Rural Missouri, a monthly publication addressing current issues brought up by the...

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Southwest Electric Co-op began in 1939

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:09:00 +0000

Southwest Electric Cooperative was established in 1939 to provide electricity to rural southwest Missouri homes and businesses in eleven counties. Norman Sutherland of Fair Grove is the current...

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The Beginning

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 03:43:00 +0000

In the beginning, electricity was a luxury that only folks in cities could have but after the Great Depression produced an abundant labor force for the government to tap, huge water projects were...

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Quiet Country Evenings

noreply@blogger.com (Susan Salaki) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:38:00 +0000

Southwest Electric Co-op reaches deep in to the Ozark mountains.Tweet

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