Ski Lift Running on Solar Power

Pablo Escobar wrote:For brucies idea, I don't think there is any immediate evidence to suggest that diesel will run out or that prices will rise dramatically in the near future. There is also the possibility that they could be run on oil from the local kebab houses (or similar). Many biofuels are useable with a slightly tweaked diesel engine.

Brucie wrote:Exactly Pablo, and for a fraction of the capital cost!!! I saw a generator in Aldi the other week that would probably do the job for £79.99(13,280 rappen at todays exchange rate)!!!

Lob in a gallon of bio diesel from the Fondue Mahal down the street every now and again and bobs your uncle!!!

In fact, lets buy a couple of quad bikes, head over to Tenna and make our fortune. Bottom to the top - 2 francs guvnor!!!

AllyG wrote:

Pablo Escobar wrote:For brucies idea, I don't think there is any immediate evidence to suggest that diesel will run out or that prices will rise dramatically in the near future. There is also the possibility that they could be run on oil from the local kebab houses (or similar). Many biofuels are useable with a slightly tweaked diesel engine.

That's quite true Pablo, I had totally forgotten about running the engine on biofuels. Thanks. But fossil fuels are still going to run out, although no-one knows when, for sure. And politically, countries don't like to have to rely on foreign energy sources.

Where I live, here in Pembrokeshire, we have recently had a demonstration of that, in that they have built a massive gas pipe line from here into England so that they can bring in LNG by ship here and hence avoid another unpleasant gas shortage situation like the one recently where the Russians stopped gas transportation to various countries.

Ally