[AT] Gasoline $

[charlie hill]

Hi Don,  You should have taken the Biltmore tour.  (reference to Don's web 
page for those who didn't see it)  I too thought the $39  fee was high but I 
have long since forgotten about the money.  I will never forget the tour. 
The technology used in that house was amazing.   By the way,  the jobs 
created by the construction of that place provided prosperity to that whole 
region of NC at a time when it was badly needed.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Bowen" <don.bowen at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Gasoline $


> At 8/10/2005, you wrote:
>
>>I think you are right on both counts.... but solar and wind are just plain 
>>silly, because of the low energy density.  The much ballyhooed hydrogen is 
>>even sillier.
>
> This message is being sent via solar power.  I have a single 120 Watt 
> panel on the trailer roof and two group 24 marine batteries.  I can run a 
> week without firing up the generator.  This winter I will be adding a 
> second 120 Watt panel, a, MPPT controller and two T105 Batteries.
>
> An important point about wind and solar is that you need either a complete 
> second generator of the same capacity because wind does not blow all the 
> time and there is always night.
>
> Don Bowen                          Awl Knotted Up
>
> My travel journal
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html
>
> My present location is the star on the map in the link below
> http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=39.16742&longitude=-119.76702
>
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