Alt Energy to power the tank

[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

[spreerider]

you can use a computer UPS for short term power outages to run heaters and pumps but lights would kill one in hours.

best method is to get a small honda genset and use that in the event of an outtage,

if you used a bunch of solar pannels and a battery bank and an inverter you could feed power back into the grid on bright days and get a credit from bchydro then get a slight decrease in consumption when its cloudy.

[hillbillyreefer]

Does anyone know if feeding power back into the grid is allowed in Alberta? Seems to me that it is but the hoops are almost impossible for the little guy to jump through.