Finally, the factorefarm.org Drupal site is starting to look coherent. Alex spawned it, Jeremy owned it. We are starting discussion on the second CEB prototype there. Log in, join the forum, and we’ll have the second prototype done in a jiffy. Once the second prototype is done, we’ll be taking preorders.

MicroTrac is the power source for The Liberator II CEB press - and we’ve got an 18hp gas engine already taken out from our former ride-on lawn-mower. That will be a good reuse for the engine - as the old lawnmower chassis is ready to join our pile of industrial detritus. Industritus is the new word we coin. We’re collecting piles for meltdown once we get the induction furnace going. We apologize in advance for using a throwaway gas engine, but until we begin producing steam engines, there’s not much we can do about it, since a 20 hp steam engine costs $6500 made in the USA by Mike Brown, and $1700 plus shipping in India by TinyTech Plants. Oh yes, we’ll put the comfy seat from the lawnmower on LifeTrac, so I could sit on ass better.

We will begin building the MicroTrac power unit in the next day or two - a hydraulic Power Cube that will be interchangeable with LifeTrac and life car named UniMOS. Extreme modularity is our game.

There are a few issues left on CEB development, technical and operational. First, let’s adress the operational.

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