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d000hg replied

27 August 2009, 15:53
Diesel generator. Although he's no excuse for feeling cold, you can run central heating from an oil tank or bottled gas easily (maybe with a tiny source of power to light the fuel etc).
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Dearnla replied

27 August 2009, 15:13
Eat beans for lunch and generate your own Wind Power......
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DSW replied

27 August 2009, 13:06
I think someone in the US was working on a bath sized nuclear reactor.

here we go:
http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/...0000_homes.php
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Moscow Mule replied

27 August 2009, 12:44
Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

What happened to that idea a few years back that would soon all have our own little underground nuclear power plants?

Somebody's working on "community nuclear". IIRC they cost about $25M for a small town at the mo.
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xoggoth replied

27 August 2009, 12:31
What happened to that idea a few years back that would soon all have our own little underground nuclear power plants?
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DimPrawn replied

27 August 2009, 12:27
If it was me, I'd pickup a diesel generator for a few hundred quid:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/3-3KVA-DIESEL-...d=p3286.c0.m14

A shed full of lorry batteries and a DC to AC inverter.

Invest some money in triple glazing, cavity wall, loft insulation.

Some solar panels for the water heating and a ground heat pump and put in underfloor heating.

And tell the electricity company to **** off.
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RichardCranium replied

27 August 2009, 11:58
Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post

Surely it would be cheaper to ...

... raise the standard of insulation in the house to the highest possible and add a passive roof-mounted water heating system.
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Moscow Mule started a topic Powerless

27 August 2009, 11:54
Powerless

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_...st/8223305.stm

Surely it would be cheaper to give the bloke a couple of wind turbines and a few batteries?
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