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   On 05/04/2024 06:46, Richard Falken wrote:   
   >    Re: Fwd: Backup power supply   
   >    By: Lars Poulsen to Ahem A Rivet's Shot on Fri Apr 05 2024 02:08 pm   
   >   
   >   > I read this and feel first-world superiority for having last year   
   >   > installed a 14kW Generac system, powered by our municipal natural gas   
   >   > supply. In case of a power outage, it kicks in within about 10 seconds.   
   >   
   > My house is completly offgriddable because it has a 6 kW PV array, a 6kW   
   diesel   
   > generator and a battery bank worth 15 kWh (which is way more electricity than   
   > my house uses up in a day).   
   >   
   > Switching power sources caries 0 downtime. The controller is automatable.   
   >   
   > I'd argue something like this is the proper way of running an uninterrupted   
   > supply of power for home but I also think this is way out of the scope of the   
   > discussion. Nobody in their right mind spend 20 kilobucks in a supply system   
   > for a computer worth 80 bucks.   
   > --   
   > gopher://gopher.richardfalken.com/1/richardfalken   
      
   It also amuses me how people think that the electricity that powers   
   their homes is all the energy footprint they have.   
      
   I wonder how many lumps of coal a typical Raspberry Pi burns in its   
   manufacture and shipment.   
      
   Or how much diesel goes into the organic vegetable basket they buy...   
      
      
   --   
   “Some people like to travel by train because it combines the slowness of   
   a car with the cramped public exposure of 
an airplane.”   
      
   Dennis Miller   
      
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