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echo: osdebate
to: Dave Ings
from: Adam
date: 2007-01-21 22:11:42
subject: Re: Fuel Cells as Backup Generators

From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Dave Ings wrote:
> I wondered about that too, although they claim somewhere hyrdogen is far
> less explosive that gasoline (mind you I wouldn't store gasoline inside my
> home either).
>
> Apparently it's possible to supply them with propane, which is converted to
> hydrogen via a catalytic process, and there is already a large propane tank
> outside the cottage to supply the heating system. However I suspect any
> catalytic conversion would emit noxious fumes and so you'd have to locate
> the fuel cell outside the house in this scenario. I haven't been able
> confirm this however.


Never thought about building the shed to trap heat from the sun etc &
use wood chippings etc?

I ask because I ran into some russians in Switzerland (the place woz
crawling with them) who've done some work on building low heat requirement
buildings & they were saying how they'd made buildings in russia wot're
virtually self sufficient in heat terms (even the russkis don't like
wasting heat no more).

Adam

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