Good morning!!!!

[m7040]

A new agreement was signed with the Danish government for the Thule airbase in Greenland recently. It is shoring up the buildings and runways damaged by the thawing of the permafrost and investing in a counter to China and Russia getting ready for shipping lanes going North around the world. Had BIL that flew out of that base and a brother that worked in the area

 

[pennwalk]

Lancaster county has a waste incinerator. I read that they had to upgrade their pollution controls this year. I don't know what happens to the energy that they generate.
Some farmers here have been building manure digesters. I guess they use the energy on the farm.

Chris

 

[m7040]

Lancaster county has a waste incinerator. I read that they had to upgrade their pollution controls this year. I don't know what happens to the energy that they generate.
Some farmers here have been building manure digesters. I guess they use the energy on the farm.

Chris

Many of the WTE plants can not afford the added pollution control equipment and if power sales and tipping fees do not generate enough income they will go out of business.
In Ohio few counties away from BEF's dad we added 1.8 billions of pollution control equipment to an existing coal fired plant to comply with EPA regulations. That was my last project

 

[buckeyefarmer]

That would be a few counties north of my dad.

I got email notice to cut back on electric usage.

Went to Costco to pick up a few things, including another UPS. This one so I can take my others out of service 1 at a time to get new batteries for them. Pretty busy in town.

 

[txdon]

I noticed that there are no toy commercials on TV anymore during the Christmas season. Has anyone seen one? Where do they advertise?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I don’t watch much tv anymore, so didn’t realize

 

[newbury]

Good evening! 7pm. 17˚F wind chill 8˚.

Whipper's evening walk temp was a windy 19˚ - short walk.

Went by the garden but all the kale was crunchy frozen. On the way out the push button gate-unlock would not work - frozen - felt trapped. 8' deer fence all around. I went to golf cart gate, it has a tumbler combination that was still moving and my almost frozen hands could barely get the right combination, but I got it unlocked and escaped. I call the President and told him and he will send out an e-mail to all about the exit button not working in the cold before someone gets trapped and frozen.

YIKES!!
Carry a cell. What if you slipped and fell?

 

[Alien]

A very good Christmas morning to you all. Lovely warm summer morning here. Odd to hear most of you guys having heating and electricity problems. I hope it gets sorted for you.
Grandkids up early and playing with their new toys. Gave the dogs some treats.
Still getting over my fractured leg but I can get around sort of OK. I get tired quickly. Hands nearly healed. Just a bit tender in places. Trip to the dentist was cancelled as he came down with alligatorus. I have to put up with toothache for another 4 days.
Hope you all have a safe and enjoyable festive season.
Doug and Lesley

 

[Popgadget]

So I’m back with my puppy in a nice warm house.
Today’s project hit lots of snags. Had to get torpedo heater to thaw greenhouse, unfortunately once thawed, burst pipes became leaks.
The good news was that they were fine with bypassing the greenhouse heat loop. So I cut it out and sweated in a piece of 3/4” copper.

Bad news was that there still was no 240v power to run the well pump to refill the boiler. All I had was the little Honda that only made 120. I went home to get a submersible pump and some buckets of water, and by the time I got back, the power was on, so it was a piece of cake to get things filled and the air bled out.
I have to say that I think that today was the first time that my hands froze to copper pipe. I hope it’s the last.

So they have heat and don’t have to worry about the greenhouse freezing anymore. And I’m home playing with Zoe.

You guys make me feel good, but the reality is that I have the tools, supplies, the knowledge and the time to help others, and have a large group of giving and talented friends that all help each other, as we all have different skills.
However, I have no time for fools or selfish people.

 

[Looking4new]

14°F, Wind WSW 21 mph. More snow coming. The block heater for the tractor is already turned on. I will be plowing the additional 6" we got since the last time I plowed later this morning.

77°F in my man cave. The lights flickered a couple of times last evening, but we didn't loose the power. I had bought a back up genny last month because the Dayton genny was still out waiting for parts.
My buddy told me that his brother bought a whole house back up genny system with automatic transfer for $14,000.oo installed.
I would do the same IF I could find one that ran on diesel and could go where I want it installed, about 75 feet from the main panel.
Generac puts out one in the 'states that runs on diesel, but up here they only offer propane or NG. I wont have either one on my property.

Snow plowing all done for today...
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