John, > I was thinking you could store the power generated from the > windmills and sell it to the bloodsuckers too.
A small wind generator costs about $500 and has to go on a 35' tower. We'd have to get a variance to mount it. To be cost effective, we'd need an average wind speed of about 6 mph. We get plenty of good breezes and gusts going as high as 70 mph, but there just isn't enough steady-state wind through here to make it worthwhile. The average is about 4 mph. So, it doesn't quite do enough to put up with what's required to mount them and get the variances. So we'll stick with just the solar. As a novelty we might put one wind generator on the garage roof. But the solar panels and the lightning rod will come first. :-) Oh... Storing power is the most expensive part. Our RV has 22 golf cart batteries. A storage system large enough to power a house is a really huge expense, and so is the structure to store them in. I think I'd rather just stick diesel in a tank and use a generator for blackouts. :-) There's a limit to how green I'm going to go. First and foremost, I'm practical. I'm no eco-nutball. -- Kris www.shamrocktrails.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
