Re: Solar Power VS Gas Generators

>From: Dermot Westcott <dwestcot@NLNET.NF.CA>
>Subject: Solar Power VS Gas Generators
>Recently I have been considering if there were any
>alternative electric systems besides the gas/diesel generator
>that our group could use to power a refrigerator.

Grrrrr..... (Down, Don! Down! Quick! Someone get the net!)

My father would call this, "The height of something or other."
Could someone please tell me why the H-E-double-L a scouting
group needs a refrigerator???????? Are the sodas going to get
warm? What is it that you can't replace with something that
does not need refrigeration; the mayo? Sheesh! If we can't
teach the scouts that they can live without a GD refer, what
do we expect to be able to teach them? How are they going to
get enough power for the dishwasher and microwave?

If you MUST take a refer (e.g. to keep the medicine that keeps
you alive from spoiling and that's about the only reason I would
call necessary) then look into a kerosene powered refer. They
are used all over the 3rd & 4th world. Expensive but reliable
and they cost less than the solar panels you are asking about.
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Donald R. Newcomb * newcomb@us2.msrcnavo.navy.mil
Naval Oceanographic Office * drn@fiddle.noo.navy.mil
Stennis Space Center, MS 39522 * Voice: (601) 688-5998
FAX: (601) 688-5485 * DSN: 485-5998

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