Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:16:10 GMT From: Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> Subject: Re: SaabUSA Biopower survey
in article 44c9a7F1ecapU2nospamvidual.net, Dave Hinz at DaveHinznospamcop.net wrote on 01/02/2006 17:26: >> Nimbys seem to rule these days. > > Well, nothing new there. Hey wind companies? Wanna put up a tower? > I've got 30 acres of hilltop with unubstructed views. The only man-made structure I can see to the back of my house is a range of windmills about 3 or 4 miles away. I like them. Close-up, I find them quite awe-inspiring and not at all noisy when running. Yorkshire Electricity (the power company in my area) are one of only a handful of power companies in the UK to pay you, the customer, to feed the national grid with your excess power production. The problem for a home user is the ROI when installing something like a windmill, or solar panels. Between a lack of grants and the palm-greasing down at the local council to get planning approval, erecting a wind turbine is pretty costly. At least solar panels can be stealthily installed :) Paul 1989 900 Turbo S http://saab.go.dyndns.org/
