I'm going with a small backyard Thorium Reactor; easier to get past the
HOA than a windmill or rooftop panels.
Charlie
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 12:37 AM, Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Very interesting, Ken, that compressor idea.
>
> We have solar water heating: I too would have liked a smallish turbine in
> my back garden, but with 9 immediate neighbours (with a common boundary to
> our property) it would have been difficult to get complete agreement :-)
>
> Chris
>
> On 20 Jun 2012, at 22:15, Ken Norton wrote:
>
> > I've been looking into wind energy. But instead of using a generator
> > and batteries, what I'm considering is an air-compressor and
> > air-tanks. the compressed air is then able to drive a generator for
> > demand use. Alas, the new digs is kinda a nice neighborhood and a
> > wind-turbine in the back yard might be frowned upon. So I'll probably
> > just end up going solar.
>
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