[Imc-uk-network] mobile media center

[melpomene]

good effort!

a friend noted:

"Agree batteries alone would do if necessary. But there are also many
people with the technology already active who might come along: try for
instance http://psand.net who are nice capable types... "

ciao,
mp



On Tue, 2005-01-25 at 13:38, Yossarian wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> In Birmingham this past weekend at the DIY Culture weekend, I ran into a 
> woman who was doing sessions on solar/wind power, and a guy who was 
> showing people how to set up for off-the-grid.  Naturally this sparked 
> thoughts of the G8, so I asked some questions and here are the answers I 
> got:
> 
> a) To set up with off-the-grid facilities for 5 laptops running 12 hours 
> a day for 7 days straight, would require about 3000 pounds for the solar 
> and wind gear.
> 
> b) The batteries in the setup (a) would cost about 640 pounds, and would 
> be enough to keep the centre running (again, 5 laptops, 12 hours a day) 
> for 7 days.  So, we could start off with an initially low investment and 
> add solar and wind to the batteries as we got the cash to do so.
> 
> c) The woman with the (quite large) truck with the solar cells and wind 
> turbines has tentatively offered to go up to Scotland, if it fits her 
> schedule, and help us out by providing power for a mobile media centre.  
> She intends to have built an office in a trailer by that point in the 
> summer, which could be used as the media centre (she and her kids would 
> still need someplace to live, so we can't access the truck itself).  We 
> would need to cover her costs to get there. 
> 
> So, we have options.  Will check things out and report back further, but 
> if anybody wants to start planning fundraisers for the G8, a little cash 
> could go a long long way to helping our media coverage of the G8.  Any 
> collectives want to be the first to commit to fundraising for those 
> batteries or to pay the media truck costs?
> 
> Y
> 
> 
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