06-11-2008, 05:17 AM
No one mentions steam. The Industrial Revolution was built on steam power. Old technology. I used to visit steam engine societies in New England where they would show off and operate their steam equiment.
One guy had a truck mounted shingle mill. He could arrive at your farm (in New England) and convert your cedar trees into roof shingles with a steam powered mill. Other steam power units were small enough for one person to lift and load.
Jay, when you talk about running lights and a radio you are talking about ongoing use of power. When you talk about running a table saw you are talking about occassional use of power. It will likely be a combination of technologies to fill the bill.
Lower your inventment in PV for what PV does best. Another investment in something like wind, wood gas or steam power for other purposes.
I used to see old power shops on the east coast in which a whole factory (large or small) was operated with one power unit (steam, gas, diesel, electric) and line shafts wre used to physically distribute the power through the building to machines. That stuff worked and the old equipment is still out there.
Anyway, my two cents for today.
One guy had a truck mounted shingle mill. He could arrive at your farm (in New England) and convert your cedar trees into roof shingles with a steam powered mill. Other steam power units were small enough for one person to lift and load.
Jay, when you talk about running lights and a radio you are talking about ongoing use of power. When you talk about running a table saw you are talking about occassional use of power. It will likely be a combination of technologies to fill the bill.
Lower your inventment in PV for what PV does best. Another investment in something like wind, wood gas or steam power for other purposes.
I used to see old power shops on the east coast in which a whole factory (large or small) was operated with one power unit (steam, gas, diesel, electric) and line shafts wre used to physically distribute the power through the building to machines. That stuff worked and the old equipment is still out there.
Anyway, my two cents for today.
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