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   From: vaughnsimon@gmail.invalid   
      
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   >I'm quite interested in home / alternative power & conservation.  I   
   >don't have many good home-power options--no wind, no creek.   
      
   Same deal here.  We have lots of sunlight here in S. Florida, but most large PV   
   installations aren't that hurricane friendly.  ...So we have a small PV   
   installation.   
      
   >My best answer so far is to draw less from the grid: conservation.  I   
   >use about $35/month heating an inefficient house in the dead of   
   >winter, electrically, with a heat pump.  Brrr!  My neighbors spend 6x   
   >as much.  My secret?  I'm cold!   
      
   That's about the same as our secret, except we spend lots of time hot.  Being   
   empty-nesters, we also can get away with cooling one room at a time.   
      
   >I might burn wood eventually--it's everywhere here.  I just need a   
   >clean-burning stove and the fire-in-the-belly to install it.  I could   
   >even burn wood for electricity, if it came to that!   
      
   Still waiting for some genius to invent the wood-burning air conditioner.   
      
   Vaughn   
      
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