Re: Power Problems in New Zealand

John Berry ( antigrav@ihug.co.nz )
Tue, 24 Feb 1998 21:26:12 +1300

Yes and it is very strange indeed, There were many cables into auckland city,
six I think and they failed one by one for what seems to be different
reasons.

John Berry

Jerry W. Decker wrote:

> Hi Folks!
>
> On the news tonite, there is a detailed story about the major power
> outage in New Zealand....amazing, the entire downtown is shutdown, it
> says some are using emergency generators that often overload and burst
> into flame...other businesses are temporarily moving to the suburbs where
> power is still available....
>
> What a story to emphasize the need for off grid power generation systems!
>
> 1) Dis-associate water to produce hydroxyl (hydrogen and oxygen),
> 2) burn hydroxyl gases to produce heat
> 3) heat water to produce steam
> 4) steam feeds a turbine, preferably Tesla turbine for high efficiency
> 5) turbine turns a generator
> 6) generator runs a house or small business OR
> 7) recharges battery networks that provide power
>
> Solar powered Stirling engine to trickle charge a battery network.
> Minto wonderwheel geared up to trickle charge a battery network.
> Wind, water, solar to trickle charge a battery network.
> Heat pump to provide rotation that turns a generator to feed batteries.
>
> All these are off the shelf or require building.
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