Alt Energy to power the tank

[iansfishy]

im all for alt energy. It costs a little more but my house is heated by goethermal and i dont know the exact number but a good majority of my tank is run off a wind turbine unit i got from canadian tire but is made by a diffrent manufacterer. The only one you can get at canadian tire. it is made in utah i think. it cost 2100.00 bucks in the end ( you need a place to store the "energy" and i have a real big unit). you can get a smaller one for around 1000.00

[Todd]

Very interesting thread. As an environmental economist (by degree), I have a hard time justifying the environmental impacts of having a large reef tank. In the future I would like to have a carbon neutral tank, by using alternative energy and by purchasing carbon credits (offsets) - once some of the kinks of these have been ironed out.

Keep us informed as to how your project goes!

[fencer]

Okay, this is what we all really need to drive the MH lights and pumps. Why go green when you can have free power for the next hundreds years or so.....
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/...ar-12.17b.html

[hillbillyreefer]

Can't wait to see the environmentalists go into convulsions when they release that baby. Sign me up for one!!!!!!

[saltyrockbox]

Todd

I feel the same way about the energy demands of a large tank.

I have read many articles about reef bleaching it is very clearly related to sea level temperatures and acidity which are increasing due to CO2 pollution.

(Detailed article from 1999- from a highly acclaimed Marine Bio University and Researchers)

http://www.jeffwalden.com/PowerPoint...al%20reefs.pdf

I used to live in Waterloo Ont and worked in hte engeneering department of the untility company. We were installing 2-way meters that allowed coutomers to feed electricity from wind or solar cells back to the grid. This made the technology viable becasue it cuts out the need for batteries and allows seemles transition from the your source to the grid...good for reef tanks.

Also in Calgary where i live now, You can easily choose to buy WIND electricly
from Enmax our main utility company. It cost 12c/KWh I believe, before I think I paid 9c/KWh. Good deal for piece of mind and relative to a personal onside generation cost. Many business use wind energy here and like to show off that fact

[PoonTang]

Originally Posted by fencer

Okay, this is what we all really need to drive the MH lights and pumps. Why go green when you can have free power for the next hundreds years or so.....
http://www.nextenergynews.com/news1/...ar-12.17b.html

Interesting for sure but the cost hardly justifies it, its not that much cheaper than regular hydro and the initial costs must be phenominal.

[rdnicolas]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

Interesting for sure but the cost hardly justifies it, its not that much cheaper than regular hydro and the initial costs must be phenominal.

But think of all the double headed fish we can have! jk