Rocket oven thingy on kickstarter

SPAM.

This brings up an interesting topic. what's acceptable here for self-promotion? Free information vs. paid? (note, this Peter guy is selling books - if it's wrong for one guy to sell something, why is it okay for this peter guy to do the same?)


Everything is available for free, you just have to put the effort in.

I've just written a book which goes to the printer this winter. It's taken a year out of my life to write and produce the book. It contains years of experiments and research. I wrote it because there is no book out there that covers this topic. Everything I include in my book you can learn for free. You just need to spend 20 years growing these crops and doing your own experiments. But not everyone has 20 years to spare, so I thought maybe someone who is interested in my topic might buy my book or at least borrow it from the library.

Likewise, I don't have an extra 10 years to spend experimenting with building houses or ovens or whatever. So when I want to learn about that, I will gladly support people who put the effort into experimenting and creating quality books or videos about it. Writing a book is hard. Making documentaries are difficult. These can be very expensive endeavours. I would much rather support individuals that do this sort of thing than give my money to Big Box Store.

I cannot be an expert on everything. Its wonderful and courageous people like this Kickstarter are putting this information out there in a professional format. Whatever Paul's history here, I'm impressed with the quality of the videos I have watched so far.

I had hoped that if I became a productive member of this forum - answering questions on topics I know about, starting conversations, that sort of thing, I might be able to start a thread or two talking about my projects. Is this discouraged here? Are people going to cry SPAM if I start a thread about my projects? Are we not allowed to self-promote here, even if we make an effort to add quality content to this forum?