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<DIV></DIV>Sorry. I missed your mower reference. So did we answer the question?<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>> That was my point. Cheaper to use POTS than to try and "cover" the <BR>> faults of the cable companies. <BR>> <BR>> As much as I like to take shots at the phone companies, they are hands <BR>> down better at reliability than the cable companies. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 16:35 +0000, jaybabel@mchsi.com wrote: <BR>> > <BR>> > I thought the original question was about home service. I guess all <BR>> > these generators and UPS systems in the backyard cut down on mowing in <BR>> > the summer but it seems like overkill. I just have a POTS line. <BR>> > -------------- Original message from "Dave J. Hala Jr." <BR>> > <DAVE@58GHZ.NET>: -------------- <BR>> > <BR>> > <BR>> > > Ditch the diesel generator.
Switch an lp/hydrogen <BR>> > generator. <BR>> > > <BR>> > > For $15,000 you can have a 1.8 megawatt wind generator with <BR>> > the <BR>> > > inverter, 50ft tower and the electronics to tie it the grid <BR>> > at 240vac. <BR>> > > Compliment that with a $26,000 solar array and a $15,000 <BR>> > hydrogen <BR>> > > generator. Get $5,000 worth the marine batteries. <BR>> > > <BR>> > > Instead of hooking it to the grid and thereby subsidizing <BR>> > your local <BR>> > > coal burning power plant, build your own little power grid <BR>> > to power your <BR>> > > stuff. Use the excess electricity to charge the batteries <BR>> > and to produce <BR>> > > hydrogen. Store the hydrogen in an lp tank. When there's no <BR>> > sun, use <BR>> > > the hydrogen to run the generator. You can also use the <BR>> > hydrogen to heat <BR>> > >
your house. <BR>> > > ; <BR>> > > This way the only thing you have to worry about is a lawn <BR>> > mower running <BR>> > > over the coax cable that mediacom laid on the ground from <BR>> > 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 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 <BR>> > radio <BR>> > > > equipment inside a Faraday cage to protect against those <BR>> > nasty EMP <BR>> > > > pulses. And you probably need to buy some gear to produce <BR>> > biodiesel <BR>> > > > too since you probably can't count on fuel trucks c
oming <BR>> > by to fill up <BR>> > > > your diesel tank. <BR>> > > > <BR>> > > > ;) <BR>> > > > <BR>> > > > Jeff <BR>> > > > _______________________________________________ <BR>> > > > Cialug mailing list <BR>> > > > Cialug@cialug.or g <BR>> > > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug <BR>> > > <BR>> > > _______________________________________________ <BR>> > > Cialug mailing list <BR>> > > Cialug@cialug.org <BR>> > > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug <BR>> > _______________________________________________ <BR>> > Cialug mailing list <BR>> > Cialug@cialug.org <BR>> > http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug <BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________ <BR>> Cialug mailing list <BR>> Cialug@cialug.org <BR>> http://cialug.org/mailman/listinfo/cialug </BLOCKQUOT
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