[Ipg-smz] Off the Grid

[Christine Hall]

A big ol' thumbs up to that!

Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
http://fossforce.com

On 9/4/19 2:18 PM, Dennisf63 via Ipg-smz wrote:
> Okay all  you technoid fanatics. Upstate NY. Back in the mid 1990s we 
> went geothermal with a ground-source heat pump. It probably paid for 
> itself (in the vicinity of $10k including the cost of the ground loop 
> piping) in five years.
> 
> Fast forward a score years or so and it was decided to update the unit. 
> Different vendor, Got rebates and what not knocked that down to about $4k.
> 
> Now I'm thinking, if NYSEG's lines go down in winter, I could get cold. 
> Backup generator (propane). But wait! Why not solar. I've got a south 
> facing slope perfect for solar panels.
> 
> And why just for emergency backup???
> 
> Asked around, asked the outfit that put in the latest heat pump.
> 
> Turns out "lots of people" are going that route. Got calls in for solar 
> panels. We shall see, but I may have seen the last of NYSEG.
> 
> Now, no cell service here. If I only had a way to get free of Verizon's 
> land line service.
> 
> I guess I'll have to research satellite. I have Dish network and 
> Wildblue.net for internet. Hmmmmmmm.
>