-> -> make that possible.  I would certainly like to have something othe
-> -> than that fuel-oil-eating beast in the basement!
->
-> Jeeze Craig, If I lived where YOU live, I'd go Co-gen in a Minnesota
-> Minute! get it?......
Heh!  Years ago, my father had a 4kw Jacobs-type wind generator.  I
think it was made by Dakota.  Had the habit of shucking a blade off
every now and then.  Would go *way* up in the air, and come down like
a seven foot maple leaf.  Scared the heck out of the neighbors, and did
little for my mother's peace of mind .  He had all the output sent
to a couple of heating elements in the boiler.  Cut his oil bills to
about a third.  Still have the generator in the garage.  Need to machine
up some new prop shafts for it out of a length of 316 stainless I found.
It's a "someday" project...
-> Heck, I've considered it for heating my machine shop even down here
-> in the "Broiler Belt."
->
-> With a big V-8 idling along pulling a generator, you could even hang
-> a couple of freon compressors on it and get some REAL Heat pump
-> efficiency.  The break-point would be the availability of good cheap
-> natural gas for fuel!  (Which I don't have, but many people DO.)
Around here, natural gas seems the cheapest of the three "normal"
types.  Gas, #2 oil, or electricity...  But, is is cheap enough to
work in a co-gen scheme?  Not sure yet...
-c-
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