[Gllug] [OT] Technobabble

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On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, Sean Burlington mused:
> The other way of doing this is to install boilers in houses that generate
> electricity - in effect they are mini-power stations - but instead of heat
> being an incidental it is the primary purpose.
> 
> The electricity generated is put back into the grid, the overall
> effeciency is very high.

What kind of quality is the power? One advantage of big generators is
that they can be properly monitored, so the power is quite clean and
most parameters of it are stable. Assuring that with micropower is
liable to be hard.

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 freezing cold and full of surly gits.' --- David Damerell

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