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[Rods2]

Won't be long then before we have to wait for the wind to be blowing before we can do a search. 

The cost of running the diesel generators must be much more expensive than getting power from the grid.

[feeutfo]

Yes it was a very dumbed down conversation. So dumbed down, in order to make it understandable, that it was utterly pointless in its entirety.

Politics and the environment, completely diluted miss informed blah...

Yet some will take it as gospel, and tell others its true.

Indeed, I don't buy it, however it did get me thinking about something I'd never considered before.

Plus, a chance of an insight into a media story where I can actually access some first hand experience on the subject. No surprise that the statement is flawed. Though not as badly as I suspected.
 But on the other hand, there's probably a very good reason google keep shtum.

[STMO123]

So. We are all agreed. It's a load of old fanny and the OP has wasted a lot of power by bringing it up. He's just so............gay.

[Rods2]

So how many kettles could have boiled by viewers searching Google to check? 

[STMO123]

So how many kettles could have boiled by viewers searching Google to check? 

White with two sugars if you're searching, Rods

[feeutfo]

So. We are all agreed. It's a load of old fanny and the OP has wasted a lot of power by bringing it up. He's just so............gay.

Esta your not interested in Fanny. Don't be fooled everyone.

[Taxi_Driver]

Won't be long then before we have to wait for the wind to be blowing before we can do a search. 

The cost of running the diesel generators must be much more expensive than getting power from the grid.

Actually its not 

I used to work for a company that designed and built 'large' computers that if enough of them were bolted together it was classed as a 'supercomputer'.

The building was supplied by a 3phase supply of 200A per phase. It got to the stage where we were getting dangerously close to the max of 600A . A discussion with SEB and after agreement on cost, they supply was going to be upgraded to 300A per phase. SEB needed to do lots of work, and advised us to run off our standby generator while they did the work. The standby generator was also 3 phase at 200A/phase.

So a shed load of red diesel was bought and the generator was fired up running the entire building for about 3 weeks i think, it was running 24/7. I was given the job of making sure we didnt run out of diesel. I was ordering it every three/four days. I was buying about £350-400 of red diesel every week.

The accountant made the comment to me, that it was actually cheaper to run the building with the generator......he reckoned he was paying SEB £500/week for electric supply 

Mind you the greenies wouldnt have been happy, everytime someone pressed the lift button, the generator used make a grunt and a nice belch of black smoke come out the exhaust 

[STMO123]

We used to use diesel generators to power the telecomms trailer while on exercise in Thetford forest. They coped admirably until you plugged the kettle in. Sometimes, everything went dark.