Andy Goodell wrote: > Interesting story, although any car is capable of doing this. The funny > part is that during an ice storm when they lost power, he burnt gas to > keep his food cold. When I lived in NH and the power would go out, we'd > pack coolers and leave them outside. No gas burnt! Sometimes a little > common sense gets us further than using new technology to solve problems > that we created.
This is true, but there are other potentially more useful tricks here. For an off-grid house, using the car as a generator could be a useful backup in case of, say, solar panels covered in snow and a windmill that isn't doing much. Even better, the house could charge its "backup generator", sending extra energy to the car and reducing the need for gasoline. You're right that this combination of the two systems is fairly irrational. At the same time, though, it points to much more interesting prospects. (And I'd be a lot more interested in a Prius or similar car if it had 220V inputs and outputs...) Thanks, Simon St.Laurent _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
