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cab

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 9:21 am Post subject:
So would you be happy with a wind farm built by someone else? Which large scale energy producing company with the resources to fund such projects are you willing to break bread with?

jema
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 9:46 am Post subject:
THis is a nasty little problem, I'd take some convincing that any big contsrction company has clean hands Yet large scale renewable energy projects are not going to be built by a few well meaning tree huggers. jema

tahir

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 10:24 am Post subject:
Shouldn't this be an article on the front page?

sean
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 10:26 am Post subject:
I think it's quite old, if Legion or someone has an updated version then yes.

tahir

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 10:27 am Post subject:
OK

jema
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 10:28 am Post subject:
I was not clear from the post that this was written by Legion? We have to watch for copyright issues. jema

cab

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 10:35 am Post subject:

jema wrote:

THis is a nasty little problem, I'd take some convincing that any big contsrction company has clean hands

Yet large scale renewable energy projects are not going to be built by a few well meaning tree huggers.

jema

Precisely.

A lot of the larger corporations have come out with products and practices that I wholeheartedly approve of, and others that I'm utterly dismayed by.
The fact that they're -big- means that there's huge potential to get something good out of them, and I'm loathe to turn that down.

Legion

Joined: 24 Nov 2004
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Location: Western isles, Scotland

Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 1:42 pm Post subject:
All articles I post are written and researched by me.

tahir

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 1:43 pm Post subject:
How old is the article Legion?

Legion

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 1:49 pm Post subject:
I dont date them . I would rekon its about 2-3yrs old. I have loads, would you like the mink one? its date is around 2000 , and the 'eradication project' is now nearing its 5 yr completion at the cost of £3500 per mink caught on the western isles.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 9:54 pm Post subject:

Sorry if I tread on anyone's toes, but is there anything that can be put up about personal wind turbines?

Are there any comments about environmental impacts (bird deaths etc), are they more efficient as they are next to the place that will use the power so a large % will not be lost over the National Grid, how much noise do they make?

I have often thought they make more sense than large scale wind farms but I must admit not knowing that much yet.

mrutty

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 10:12 pm Post subject:
Would you be after something like this whcih you don't need planning permssion for as it's not a fixed asset.

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 10:17 pm Post subject:
Maybe something a little more capable of running a house off in a reasonable wind. It would stop nimbyism if it could be done.

mrutty

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Posted: Thu Nov 25, 04 10:47 pm Post subject:

As soon as you get to that size you get into planning permission areas. This is what Shane and I were banging on about a few months ago. You could top up your hot water with the little fan and two good solar panels. As it's free energy who cares that you run it all day. The biggest waste in energy is drawing off the top few inches of your hot water to wash you hands.

Or run your greenhouse off of the same system (yes I'm working on the masterclass

)

If we all had one fitted (it's about the same size as a sky dish) then the enegy requirements for the UK would drop making wind farms able to meet a higher percentage of our requirements.

tahir

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Posted: Fri Nov 26, 04 12:37 pm Post subject:

mrutty wrote:

Or run your greenhouse off of the same system (yes I'm working on the masterclass

)

I'd forgotten about that

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