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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=593002406-19042011>This
all depends on</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=593002406-19042011>1. How
your electricity is produced now</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=593002406-19042011>2.
When you think it will be feasible to be all-electric and still off the
grid.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=593002406-19042011>Gas
may still be more environmentally kosher than electricity, and using home-grown
electricity for heating sounds appalling. You would probably be better off using
a natural-gas powered IC engine to supply your electricity and use the waste
heat off that for whatever else.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Nick Pyner<BR><BR>Dee Why NSW </FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org
[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Frank Cetera<BR><BR><B>Subject:</B> [Greenbuilding] No Fracking
Way?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I'd be interested in hearing folks' opinions and
strategies surrounding the following goal:<BR><BR>Implementing an urban home
retrofit using only electrical powered systems, with the potential of becoming
an off-grid site in the future through reduced energy consumption and on-site
generation (with purchase of alternative sources in the short-term), in order
to relieve our dependance on natural gas as a fuel source due to its potential
for high environmental damage. </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>