[TheForge] new shed design and other ramblings

[Andrew Vida]

ries wrote:
> I think it really depends on if you want to work with the tools, or  
> work ON the tools.
> If your primary goal is to work with 3phase equipment, to make stuff,  
> there is no doubt it will be cheaper and easier in the long run to  
> just pay edison what they ask.
> If, on the other hand, you enjoy puttering with tools and power  
> systems as an end in itself, then, by all means, use the generator.
> Just be aware of what you are doing.

	Methinks Ries is right on the money here.  It is a similar decision to 
the buy/make the tool.  Lots of people make when the proper decision is 
to buy.  But as he wrote, as long as you are aware of what you are doing 
and why, just about anything goes.

	Rest of the post is similarly on the money.

	And FWIW, going "green" is largely a load of crap once an analysis 
similar to what Ries made in terms of "hidden" costs is undertaken. 
Being "on grid" is probably the greenest practical choice you will be 
able to make.