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Apparent Energy Crisis, what can you do..?

razil
razil Posts: 15,041
edited July 2008 in Not Sports Related
http://est.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/est.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php

still think the government need to subsidise this a lot more to reduce our reliance on overseas gas etc

also instead of building power stations why don't energy companies subsidise people to put solar systems up (provided they have the space) and buy electricity back from them

R)

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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 58,148
    stop talking about it on a football message board ???

    :-)
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    show me some football happening at the moment..

    :D
  • kigelia
    kigelia Posts: 2,583
    [cite]Posted By: razil[/cite]http://est.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/est.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php

    still think the government need to subsidise this a lot more to reduce our reliance on overseas gas etc

    also instead of building power stations why don't energy companies subsidise people to put solar systems up (provided they have the space) and buy electricity back from them

    R)

    I have looked into it and the information I have is that it is far more cost effective to reduce the amount of energy you use through good insulation, light bulbs, not using standby etc. if I had enough south facing roof space I would be keener but I doubt our victorian house is really up to it.
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    http://www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk/about/hfaqs/

    (section on subsidies).
  • Goonerhater
    Goonerhater Posts: 12,677
    One of the window companies doing a big pro mo re sola power at the moment. Its not that cost effective to be honest. You could heat your water though.

    Wind turbines aint that effient . we need thousands and thousands to make any real differance.

    even if we start to build the nuc power plants this week it will be 4 years before they come on line. Things are going to get very very very rough pre that or if we dont.
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    I agree its not all that cost effective at present, was suggesting the government could do a lot more subsidising this and perhaps wouldn't need to build all these nuclear plants/rely on foreign gas so much
  • razil
    razil Posts: 15,041
    Large scale wind power inland isn't that efficient, but offshore and domestic are more so..

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