Lennart Thornros <[email protected]> wrote:
> However, I agree with the notion that having people stringing electrical > lines without enough expertise would be dangerous. I rather saw that > decisions about how where and why to 'string wires' would be determined by > the neighbors interested in a micro grid - using common sense and personal > responsibility for their actions. > People do not have common sense regarding electricity. Most people know nothing about it. You cannot expect ordinary people living in neighborhoods to judge whether a grid design is safe or not. The only way to have grids is to have them installed by licensed, regulated companies. We will also need licensed installers and many regulations for cold fusion generators. Anything powerful enough to power your entire house is powerful enough to kill you. People often complain about how our society has so many regulations and rules. There's a good reason why we have these rules. When electricity was first developed in the 1870s there were no rules. It was chaos. Many people were killed and many buildings burned down until the industry was regulated. > Another thing is that in order to arrange this micro grid, which just > serve as a insurance against failure of ones own LENR . . . > We do not need protection against the failure of one's own cold fusion generator. We do not have any such protection for today's electricity. The electricity often fails here in Georgia. Sometimes the failure is citywide; sometimes it only happens over a few blocks; and in some cases it only happens at one house, when a tree falls on the wire, for example. If cold fusion generators are properly engineered they will be as reliable as grid electricity is today. People who need extra reliability for things like medical equipment will purchase two generators, as I said. For everyone else, 24-hour repair service will suffice, and it will be far cheaper than having a small, local grid. We do not have protection against the house plumbing backing up and flooding the house from the toilets. We do not have protection against the refrigerator failing and causing the food to spoil. We do not have protection against your car battery going dead on a cold morning, or the car getting a flat tire. You have to call a tow truck when that happens. So why do we need iron-clad protection against a power failure? - Jed
