On a serious side, I strongly believe in the power of land. Land gives independance. Alex
Hakan Falk wrote: >Alex, > >This depends on what your local electricity distribution association can >pay you and also what legislation that might exist in Canada for this. >Often on the country side, you might have a local electricity distribution >association, who buy and distribute from the central grid. They can also >sell to the central grid, if they have local energy producers. You really >need to talk to them about it and they can probably give you the answers. > >It is worth pursuing, but it would be sheer luck if you found someone close >to you with experience and answers on your local conditions on this list. >The organization and rules differ between countries and even within countries. > >My guess is that it is feasible and that your local distribution >association have the answers. You might find that your electricity supply >only can be contracted for peak demand and that you need 3 to 4 generators >for this, but the price will be higher. > >Why do you only have to heat up the pond, don't you have heating needs for >your farm and surroundings also? > >Hakan > > >At 21:02 19/11/2003, you wrote: > > >>I'm in Ontario! >>There is lots of talk about grid problems in NA. >>We have lots of Canola fields here in Ontario. If every farmer will put >>a generator in his field and >>start generating electricity...sorry to say, but it can put nuclear >>folks out of business. >>Alex >> >> >>Martin Klingensmith wrote: >> >> >> >>>It's a decent concept, but your 100kw generators are going to be >>>inefficient and waste a lot of your energy. Not to mention they probably >>>aren't designed to run for long periods of time continuously at high >>>power output. >>>Also, you're essentially taking solar power, converting it to chemical >>>energy, converting it to mechanical energy, then converting it to >>>electrical energy. I would expect efficiencies in the 1% range. >>>Maybe you could use this to fund a PV, wind, or solar boiler array? More >>>expensive, but much better for the environment. >>> >>>ps. You can sell as much power as you want as long as you are a legal >>>generator, but net metering is limited depending on what state you live in. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Biofuels list archives: >http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. >To unsubscribe, send an email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
