Charles Atkinson
From Open Source Ecology
- Location: 1-87 and Route 40
- Ranch - 460,000 acres in Northern Arizona
- Family - 120 acres with a well
- Off-grid for 14 years
- 24x40 housing structures
- 30% Red Clay - can we use that much clay to make blocks? It could be even better. Marcin, what do you think?
- We need a steam engine and a steam generator.
- Charles is a Mechanical Engineer
- Charles wants to build the steam engine there.
- Has a small shop, wants to get involved.
- They want to send out his son for an apprenticeship - he's 54, a contractor, and an engineer.
- Charles can do fabrication, welding, etc.
- Charles could take it over the steam engine as a project manager.
