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<DIV></DIV>I thought the original question was about home service. I guess all these generators and UPS systems in the backyard cut down on mowing in the summer but it seems like overkill. I just have a POTS line.<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">-------------- Original message from "Dave J. Hala Jr." <dave@58ghz.net>: -------------- <BR><BR><BR>> Ditch the diesel generator. Switch an lp/hydrogen generator. <BR>> <BR>> For $15,000 you can have a 1.8 megawatt wind generator with the <BR>> inverter, 50ft tower and the electronics to tie it the grid at 240vac. <BR>> Compliment that with a $26,000 solar array and a $15,000 hydrogen <BR>> generator. Get $5,000 worth the marine batteries. <BR>> <BR>> Instead of hooking it to the grid and thereby subsidizing your local <BR>> coal burning power plant, build your own little power grid to power your <BR>> stuff. Use the excess electricity to charge the batteries and to produce <BR>> hydrogen. Store the hydrogen in an lp tank. When there's no sun, use <BR>> the hydrogen to run the generator. You can also use the hydrogen to heat <BR>> your house. <BR>>
; <BR>> This way the only thing you have to worry about is a lawn mower running <BR>> over the coax cable that mediacom laid on the ground from the pole to <BR>> the house. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> :) Dave <BR>> <BR>> On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 09:55 -0600, Jeffrey Ollie wrote: <BR>> > On 12/5/07, neal daringer <ADMIN@C0WZFTP.COM>wrote: <BR>> > > <BR>> > > if all else fails, just use a CB radio. <BR>> > <BR>> > And don't forget to store a generator and a spare set of radio <BR>> > equipment inside a Faraday cage to protect against those nasty EMP <BR>> > pulses. And you probably need to buy some gear to produce biodiesel <BR>> > too since you probably can't count on fuel trucks coming by to fill up <BR>> > your diesel tank. <BR>> > <BR>> > ;) <BR>> > <BR>> > Jeff <BR>> > _______________________________________________ <BR>> > Cialug mailing list <BR>> > Cialug@cialug.or
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