Re: PV solar design example



On Sat, 7 Jun 2008 15:36:21 -0700 (PDT), James Arthur
<dagmargoodboat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jun 6, 5:22 pm, Eeyore wrote:
James Arthur wrote:
Eeyore wrote:
John Larkin wrote:

That's common back East, a combined central-heating furnace and water
heater, run off heating oil. Also insane.

What's insane about it ?

The use of oil ?

Gas-->heat-->steam-->rotation-->electricity-->convey to house--

CONVEY ? to house ? They're fitted IN the house here.

You have power stations in your house? Nice(!), but kinda hot &
noisy, isn't that?

Here we have big, hot, noisy, nasty power plants make the power
somewhere else, then CONVEY it to us through lossy wires, transformers
and stuff.

Grins,
James Arthur
.



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