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Old 08-03-14, 02:00 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by gtojohn View Post
Because their energy costs have been much higher for so long Europeans especially the crafty and money conscious Germans have had incentive to design for super efficiency. But you knew that. I was in Luxemburg touring a Handswerkskammer. They produced their own power with several Detroit Diesel 98s and used the exhaust heat to run the massive ammonia chiller as well as water heating. They claimed it was cheaper than the expensive power from their grid.
Very cool!

Now if you could put your superior TX brain to work and figure out how anybody could DIY such a system on a single home scale...

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