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Sun Dec-28-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
| 7. I posted about this concept over year ago .. |
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Edited on Sun Dec-28-08 11:43 AM by DemoTex
I posted over a year ago about an article in QST, the Amateur Radio Relay League journal, about using a PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Energy Vehicle) as an emergency generator. A Prius at 1000 rpm (gasoline motor) generates something like 5-25 kW, more at peak RPMs. I forget the exact fuel burn rate, but I seem to recall that I calculated that I could power the house for over three days, continuously, on a tank of gas. Can you imagine the neighbors' Prius Envy at that during a prolonged power outage (like our ice-storm of '05)! Prius Party in my comfy warm home! BYOB and BYOG (gas)!
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