05 May 2005

Home wind turbines cut bills and pollution

It was a year or two back when I first heard of these domestic turbines. It will probably take you 5-10 years to recoup the cost but it does mean you'd be on the way to self-sufficinecy. I would certainly conider having on in any house I owned. IT may be a good idea ofr the government to support this as part of reducing greenhouse gases:

"two strong reasons for government to support for small wind power machines: the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from households - currently 28% of all carbon dioxide - and security of supply. If enough people had a turbine on their house there would be no need for new power stations or reliance on imported gas."

Ready to write to your new MP?

Guardian Unlimited | Life | Home wind turbines cut bills and pollution:

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I recently bought 'Windpower Workshop' about building your own wind turbine:
http://www.cat.org.uk/catpubs/book.tmpl?sku=ww&cart=11152955811630
I've yet to build one, but it seems to be a very in depth book - so I'm really looking forward to giving it a go!

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