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- geminitojanus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The company shouldn't have to pay $150,000 needlessly to some power company because the power company feels threatened by a fan some elementary school set up to generate power?
There's a third solution that makes so much more sense to me: run the damned thing as they have been, only tie it to a backup battery/power generation system instead. Invest in a Diesel-electric bus, and have it charge up at the fan station. Build some tanks on the roof of one of their buildings and have it run external pumps to fill them with ground/rain water for flushing the toilets (or run them through filtration units also powered by the fan and use it for potable water). That way, the power company has no say in what they use it for, and they still make use of the gobs of energy they're generating. - paryl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1wait... "they're fully supportive of the school's desire to generate power from the turbines, which were funded by a grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission. The company would also kick in $150,000 to defray costs regardless of which option the school chooses."
so... what's the problem? - ABadInAlbany, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Wouldn't that be like MS saying Firefox doesn't meet security standards? or CSS standards?
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