On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 20:41:31 +0100, News wrote:


This is not really a serious question, but your thoughts will be
interesting.

Vaguely house hunting, as you do, we came across a lovely 4 bed cottage,
a mile away from the nearest small town. The house has private water
and drainage, and no other services. No road between the house and
town. No gas, electricity or phone. It is lived in (not a holiday
home), current occupants use stoves, fires, bottled gas lamps, paraffin
lamps etc. Keep in mind no road, so no bulk deliveries of Calor gas or
oil. Sounds idyllic in one way, but a nightmare in another. Huge plot,
right on the coast. Isle of Mull.

How would you generate electricity, if you lived there, full time? Or
would you not bother?

if it has a lot of land, you could easily accomodate a solar pannel farm. there are ones that track
the sun for best performance along with ones for the roof if you wanted. i found a diy solar panel
building kit a while back, it didn't seem very complcated to build and set up.

there is also the option of a wind turbine, i saw a rather impressive one on some tv show a while
back that produced enough electricity for use even on a light breazy day.

as long as you have a decent battery system, you'll never need worry about electricity.

i'd be very tempted by the place to be quite honest.


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