Alt fuels was Re: [AT] Gasoline $

[Clint D]

What is the link for he cheap power group? I tried a search on yahoo and could not
find it

Thanks
Clint

>
> One of my own criteria/wish for power/heat is that it should NOT have to go
through a
> meter... :-)
> I am fond of the concept of "point of use" generation of power. I like running
my
> calculator on its own tiny solar cell instead of off of the grid even if its
draw would
> be almost unmeasureable. I like the concept of solar powered fence chargers. I
also like
> low tech. I own an email list called Cheap Power on Yahoo with almost 350
members and
> another group called Cheap Shelters with almost 800 members that all think
pretty much
> the same way. You know you can find whole big crowds of guys that will stand in
line to
> tell others that something will not work and why. Sometimes though it is like
bumble bee
> flight and guys thinking for themselves find ways to do what the experts say
will not
> work. I was not impressed when they spent $10,000 putting in a solar system in
the white
> house years ago to provide "part" of the hot water for one wing. Most any
amateur could
> have done better than that for under $1,000... I "was" impressed when I saw a
guy
> generating a steady 2 amps 24-7 with part of the  flow of a small stream running
through
> an old squirrel cage blower for a water wheel and turning an old automotive
alternator.
> :-)   He was charging a couple of batteries that he only pulled a light draw off
of for
> short periods and it served his modest needs. It wouldn't put a dent in my needs
but it
> worked for him and I can applaud that.
> There are now commercial systems that use an engine to generate electricity to
charge a
> battery bank and use the engine and exhaust heat to heat the house and the water
cooling
> heat to supply hot water. I have seen it hailed as a great invention but the
amateurs
> have been using them for years.
>
> --
> "farmer", Esquire
> At Hewick Midwest
>       Wealth beyond belief, just no money...
>
> Paternal Robinson's here by way of Norway (Clan Gunn), Scottish Highlands,
> Cleasby Yorkshire England, Virginia, Kentucky then Indiana. In America 100
> years
> before the revolution.
>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson at svs.net
>
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