Posted by vaughn on October 16, 2010, 7:24 am
>$1.30 a lb standing for Lamb!
Holy inflation Batman! It's a good thing that I'm more of a chicken eater.
Good luck with the power. I'll do a rain dance for you.
Vaughn
Posted by Michael B on October 16, 2010, 7:46 am
> What a suck part of the year power wise on the Oregon Coast.
> Overcast a lot of the time. Even with full sun I can see now my solar
> pannels are in the shade of trees never a problem mid summer.
How's the wind?
Posted by z on October 16, 2010, 3:40 pm
4df5f756708d@h7g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:
>> What a suck part of the year power wise on the Oregon Coast.
>>
>> Overcast a lot of the time. Even with full sun I can see now my solar
>> pannels are in the shade of trees never a problem mid summer.
>
> How's the wind?
Not enough to make it worth while. I'm up a river about 10 miles from
the ocean so just far enough not to get the coastal wind. Which is nice
actually -- but not for making power. My moms house is right down on the
coast and she could make big power down there if she wanted. But she's
got the grid so it's not something she wants to mess with.
I scouted a site for a tower up on a hilltop at the ass end of my
property but it's just too far from my house and then there is the whole
issue of making one tough enough to withstand the big winds during the
pacific storms. I'd have to cut a road to it as well so it'd be a big
project that probably wouldn't make all that much power most of the time.
So no wind. What I need is a panel/device that makes power from damp
overcast sky and drizzle ;)
If you can figure that one out I'd invest in it!
cheers
-zachary in Oregon
Posted by Michael B on October 17, 2010, 9:07 am
> 4df5f7567...@h7g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:
> >> What a suck part of the year power wise on the Oregon Coast.
> >> Overcast a lot of the time. Even with full sun I can see now my solar
> >> pannels are in the shade of trees never a problem mid summer.
> > How's the wind?
> Not enough to make it worth while. I'm up a river about 10 miles from
> the ocean so just far enough not to get the coastal wind. Which is nice
> actually -- but not for making power. My moms house is right down on the
> coast and she could make big power down there if she wanted. But she's
> got the grid so it's not something she wants to mess with.
> I scouted a site for a tower up on a hilltop at the ass end of my
> property but it's just too far from my house and then there is the whole
> issue of making one tough enough to withstand the big winds during the
> pacific storms. I'd have to cut a road to it as well so it'd be a big
> project that probably wouldn't make all that much power most of the time.
> So no wind. What I need is a panel/device that makes power from damp
> overcast sky and drizzle ;)
> If you can figure that one out I'd invest in it!
> cheers
> -zachary in Oregon
Yeah, sounds like Washington State.
300 days of liquid sunshine.
Posted by harry k on October 17, 2010, 11:06 am
> > 4df5f7567...@h7g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:
> > >> What a suck part of the year power wise on the Oregon Coast.
> > >> Overcast a lot of the time. Even with full sun I can see now my solar
> > >> pannels are in the shade of trees never a problem mid summer.
> > > How's the wind?
> > Not enough to make it worth while. I'm up a river about 10 miles from
> > the ocean so just far enough not to get the coastal wind. Which is nice
> > actually -- but not for making power. My moms house is right down on the
> > coast and she could make big power down there if she wanted. But she's
> > got the grid so it's not something she wants to mess with.
> > I scouted a site for a tower up on a hilltop at the ass end of my
> > property but it's just too far from my house and then there is the whole
> > issue of making one tough enough to withstand the big winds during the
> > pacific storms. I'd have to cut a road to it as well so it'd be a big
> > project that probably wouldn't make all that much power most of the time.
> > So no wind. What I need is a panel/device that makes power from damp
> > overcast sky and drizzle ;)
> > If you can figure that one out I'd invest in it!
> > cheers
> > -zachary in Oregon
> Yeah, sounds like Washington State.
> 300 days of liquid sunshine.- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
That is the west side. East half is semi arid with only an isolated T-
storm from May-October. Annual precip here is around 16" - most in
the winter/spring. Company looking to put up a wind farm about 30
miles south of Spokane.
Oddity: Power companies are required to invest in 'green energy' but
hydo power cannot be counted.
Harry K
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