Hi Chris,
My son has gas-powered backup generators at his house. He is a few miles
out of town, where power lines can be downed by tree limbs, ice storms, etc.
He says they work quite well.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] (OM) OT A note for facebook users
>I agree, Chuck, but the cost is relative and that of alternative methods of
>mining fossil fuels becomes ever higher, and energy-intensive. And that's
>if you ignore the possible environmental problems with "fracking" etc . . .
>
> I'm just looking at installing a central heating system in our annex, a
> system which uses gas but which generates electricity at the same time.
> It must be too good to be true.
>
> Chris
>
> On 24 Dec 2011, at 14:19, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, governments (here as well) don't seem to understand that
>> you can't peddle "energy solutions" for very long when the "solutions"
>> cost 3-10X the alternatives.
>
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