Let there be light..

Or more precisely, electricity. We do need our air conditioning. (And computers and TVs and refrigerators, etc) Where does it come from?

Nothing fancy - there are three diesel generators here. Each one can generate 100 KW and uses 60-70 gallons of fuel per day. Only one runs at a time - the average load is 3o KW. I've been in the generator room. It's like a mini-inferno: very loud and hot. I can't imagine what it would be like if all three were running at the same time.

And there's some type of automatic switchover system if the online generator should stop for any reason. This is all good news. The bad news is the two backup generators are currently down for repairs. If the third fails, it's going to be very dark here!