On Mon, 10 Nov 2008 07:47:30 -0500 Mitch Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(besides, if you move out to some secluded spot and run a power line,
within a few years you won't be secluded any longer, for power lines
cause neighbors)
Yes, that is true. It's why we stayed off-grid when we lived in
On Sun, 9 Nov 2008 23:26:24 -0600 OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bergey Windpower - about a mile West of me. http://www.bergey.com/
http://www.bergey.com/Tornado.htm
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Wonko the Sane wrote:
Actually, all I want is a government grant (show me the pork barrel
dollars!) to demonstrate the feasibility of wind turbine generated
electricity for household use.
Many states have a 50% or sometimes better subsidy, although the focus seems to
be on solar. In places
Rich, you have very eclectic taste in movies! (not to mention a
photogtraphic memory).
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 10:49 PM, Rich Thomas
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Northern Tool had a little 12V windmill in today's paper for like $550, and
some batteries, and some low amp PV panels. Enough of that
That was my favorite movie when I was a kid. I was terrified of an atom
war and that particular movie scared the out of me, but I would
watch it whenever it came on TV.
--R
andrew strasfogel wrote:
Rich, you have very eclectic taste in movies! (not to mention a
photogtraphic memory).
I love these kind of movies. Are you sure about the name? I searched IMDB but
can't find it.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:08:55 -0500
From: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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, it was a cheesy 50s atom war anti-red movie.
--R
Curt Raymond wrote:
I love these kind of movies. Are you sure about the name? I searched IMDB but
can't find it.
-Curt
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:08:55 -0500
From: Rich Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The old dude had a hot daughter
There always needs to be a hot daughter in a cool campy 50 nuke movie...
My point is, somehow that dude kept electricity going the whole time, in
the 50s, in the midst of a nuke war, wtihout windmills and PVs.
My favorite subsistence level living with
Actually, all I want is a government grant (show me the pork barrel
dollars!) to demonstrate the feasibility of wind turbine generated
electricity for household use.
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 11:37 PM, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
I know baloney when I see it, and in this case there
Northern Tool had a little 12V windmill in today's paper for like $550,
and some batteries, and some low amp PV panels. Enough of that stuff
and a half-windy place and some WVO in your diesel genset you might be
all set for the End Of The World As We Know It. And rice, beans, guns
and ammo,
out a mountain of paperwork.
Bob R
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Actually, all I want is a government
No, I dont seem to recall that movie, but then again, it was way before
my time.
Rich Thomas wrote:
Northern Tool had a little 12V windmill in today's paper for like $550,
and some batteries, and some low amp PV panels. Enough of that stuff
and a half-windy place and some WVO in your diesel
Bergey Windpower - about a mile West of me. http://www.bergey.com/
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 10:53 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is already such a thing. There is somebody down here that sells them.
Cant think of what they are called but they are very small and do not
All it takes is filling out a mountain of paperwork.
Bob R
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Actually, all
What about your Ford Futura?
Peter
On Nov 8, 2008, at 9:37 PM, Rich Thomas wrote:
I'm gonna put one in my flying car.
--R
Peter Frederick wrote:
Pure, unadulterated horsefeathers. I've been hearing about this
pseudo-scientific futurama crap for more than 40 years, and I
don't expect
Pure, unadulterated horsefeathers. I've been hearing about this
pseudo-scientific futurama crap for more than 40 years, and I don't
expect anything to come of it for the next 40 (or 400 for that
matter) years.
The only technology that MIGHT be real here is thermocouple pile
generators,
I'm gonna put one in my 240D!
On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Rich Thomas
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I'm gonna put one in my flying car.
--R
Peter Frederick wrote:
Pure, unadulterated horsefeathers. I've been hearing about this
pseudo-scientific futurama crap for more than 40 years, and
I'm gonna put one in my flying car.
--R
Peter Frederick wrote:
Pure, unadulterated horsefeathers. I've been hearing about this
pseudo-scientific futurama crap for more than 40 years, and I don't
expect anything to come of it for the next 40 (or 400 for that matter)
years.
The only
This was on Drudge tonight and the whole article can be gotten there. $250 is
one months power bill for me, HEY, sign me up.
Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes
will be on sale within five years, say scientists at Los Alamos, the US
government
I know baloney when I see it, and in this case there is a precedent.
In the dawn of the civilian nuclear Golden Age (which never actually
occurred), electricity from nuclear reactors would supposedly be too cheap
to meter. We all know how that turned out...
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